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LoC No.: 10005265

Title: Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

Series Title: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 121

Series Title: Papers of the Station for experimental evolution, no. 14

Credits: Produced by Frank van Drogen, Nicole Pasteur, Bryan Ness
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
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Summary: "Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl" by Charles Benedict Davenport is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the inheritance patterns and characteristics of domestic fowl through detailed studies, focusing particularly on traits such as comb shape and feather color. Davenport’s research contributes to the understanding of genetic inheritance and variability in poultry breeds. The opening of the text introduces the foundation of the studies presented, emphasizing concepts of dominance and inheritance related to specific traits in domestic fowl. Davenport discusses the Y comb as an illustration of genetic variability and inheritance patterns, explaining how different types of comb structures arise from parental crosses. He elaborates on the variability observed in offspring and the influence of dominant and recessive traits, ultimately setting the stage for deeper investigations into polydactylism and other inherited characteristics of fowl. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944

Illustrator: Morita, Kako

Illustrator: Toda, Kenji

EBook No.: 48288

Published: Feb 17, 2015

Downloads: 179

Language: English

Subject: Heredity

Subject: Poultry

LoCC: Science: Natural history

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 10005265

Title: Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl

Series Title: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 121

Series Title: Papers of the Station for experimental evolution, no. 14

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

Summary: "Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl" by Charles Benedict Davenport is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the inheritance patterns and characteristics of domestic fowl through detailed studies, focusing particularly on traits such as comb shape and feather color. Davenport’s research contributes to the understanding of genetic inheritance and variability in poultry breeds. The opening of the text introduces the foundation of the studies presented, emphasizing concepts of dominance and inheritance related to specific traits in domestic fowl. Davenport discusses the Y comb as an illustration of genetic variability and inheritance patterns, explaining how different types of comb structures arise from parental crosses. He elaborates on the variability observed in offspring and the influence of dominant and recessive traits, ultimately setting the stage for deeper investigations into polydactylism and other inherited characteristics of fowl. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Author: Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944

Illustrator: Morita, Kako

Illustrator: Toda, Kenji

EBook No.: 48288

Published: Feb 17, 2015

Downloads: 179

Language: English

Subject: Heredity

Subject: Poultry

LoCC: Science: Natural history

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.