The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual characters — John Shaqi
The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual charactersMorgan, Thomas Hunt
Science
The genetic and the operative evidence relating to secondary sexual characters
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Genetics; Poultry; Sex (Biology)
_C._ 3 birds resemble the Sebright in plumage, but would not pass
muster for real Sebrights.
_D._ 3 others have spangled breast feathers like the Sebright, but
a great amount of stippling on the back.
_E._ 6 birds are yellow on breast, with stippled back.
_F._ 6 others are yellow, stippled birds with a little yellow
penciling on the breast.
_G._ 11 black birds with some stippling on the back of the wing,
and sometimes with traces of yellow in the hackle.
_H._ 6 other birds are dark, but not as black as the last. There is
some stippling, especially on breast. The hackle is always striped.
(4 of these have yellow necks above and below; 2 have dark necks.)
The series of feathers photographed in plate 10, figure 4, from a
bird of class _H_, show all gradations between a spangled and a
barred condition. It is practically certain that the barring seen
here (as well as that under class _M_) is quite different from that
of the Barred Plymouth Rock.
_I._ 1 yellow hen with a little black (as a band) on wings and
tail.
_J._ 2 other yellow birds with a little black penciling on the
back, the tail, and with long wing feathers.
F₂ MALES.
_K._ 2 intermediate males with a black-splotched red breast and
black tail. The saddle is coarsely stippled. The corresponding
male-feathered bird is red above.
_L._ A Sebright-like bird with black stippled feathers on back; the
rest of the plumage heavily laced. Posterior part of breast and
thigh black. The tail stippled.
_M._ Yellow neck, the back, tail, and lower half of each secondary
coarsely stippled. Posterior part of breast barred; cape and
anterior breast penciled. The series of feathers photographed in
plate 10, figure 5, from the breast of a bird in class _M_, shows
all possible gradations from a penciled to a barred condition.
_O._ 1 cock-feathered, Red-Breasted game with somewhat stippled
feathers. The lower half of each secondary is penciled (Hamburg
type).
_P._ 1 intermediate male with yellow hackle that is black striped.
He has a peculiar saddle, the general color of which is reddish
brown. Each feather has a faint black edge, and is clear yellow
along shaft; the rest of the feather is finely dusted on a yellow
background (plate 10, fig. 3). Breast feathers (in front part) are
laced with an outer black band edged with yellow. In the posterior
region of the breast the feathers are broadly laced. Wing-bow and
coverts red, laced with black. The exposed edges of primaries and
secondaries are red-brown, the covered parts black. The tail is
black.
BACK-CROSS HENS.
_A._ Two dark F₁ types. The breast is between stippled and
penciled, the head is black.
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