Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

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Author

Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944

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Produced by Frank van Drogen, Nicole Pasteur, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Poultry

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Text

eBook-No.

48288

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48288

Release Date

February 17, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INHERITANCE OF CHARACTERISTICS IN DOMESTIC FOWL.
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE SPLIT OR Y COMB. — A. INTERPRETATION OF THE Y COMB. — B. VARIABILITY OF THE Y COMB AND INHERITANCE OF THE VARIATIONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. POLYDACTYLISM . — A. TYPES OF POLYDACTYLISM. — B. RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. SYNDACTYLISM . — A. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM. — B. RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. RUMPLESSNESS .
8. 8.CHAPTER V. WINGLESSNESS .
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. BOOTING . — A. TYPES OF BOOTING. — B. NORMAL VARIABILITY. — C. RESULTS OF HYBRIDIZATION.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. NOSTRIL-FORM .
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. CREST .
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. COMB-LOP .
13. 13.CHAPTER X. PLUMAGE COLOR . — A. THE GAMETIC COMPOSITION OF THE VARIOUS RACES. — 1. WHITE. — 2. BLACK. — 3. BUFF. — B. EVIDENCE. — 1. SILKIE × MINORCA (OR SPANISH). (Plates 3 to 6 .) — 2. SILKIE × WHITE LEGHORN. — 3. SILKIE × BUFF COCHIN. (Plates 7 , 8 .) — 4. WHITE LEGHORN × BLACK MINORCA. — 5. WHITE LEGHORN × BUFF COCHIN. ( Plate 9 .) — 6. BLACK COCHIN × BUFF COCHIN. ( Plate 10 .)
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. INHERITANCE OF BLUE COLOR, SPANGLING, AND BARRING . — A. BLUE COLOR. — B. SPANGLING. — C. BARRING.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. GENERAL DISCUSSION . — A. RELATION OF HEREDITY AND ONTOGENY. — B. DOMINANCE AND RECESSIVENESS. — C. POTENCY. — D. REVERSION AND THE FACTOR HYPOTHESIS. — E. THE LIMITS OF SELECTION. — F. NON-INHERITABLE CHARACTERS. — G. THE RÔLE OF HYBRIDIZATION IN EVOLUTION.
16. 16.LITERATURE CITED.
17. 17.FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.Transcriber's notes

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