Project Gutenberg 2015-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 279 Davenport, Charles Benedict 1866 1944 Davenport, C. B. (Charles Benedict) Davenport, Charles B. (Charles Benedict) Morita, Kako Toda, Kenji 10005265 Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 121 Papers of the Station for experimental evolution, no. 14 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) "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 ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Heredity Poultry QH Text Category: Science - Biology 875864 2025-08-19T11:18:02.128720 text/html 895938 2024-10-24T17:01:37 text/html 1393937 2025-08-19T11:18:23.893576 application/epub+zip 1400645 2025-08-19T11:18:05.417730 application/epub+zip 211032 2025-08-19T11:18:03.524782 application/epub+zip 1610057 2025-08-19T11:18:30.615591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1656116 2025-08-19T11:18:22.031629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468797 2022-09-21T20:50:16.400004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429596 2025-08-19T11:17:56.961703 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 409578 2024-10-24T17:01:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16759 2025-08-19T11:18:30.843536 application/rdf+xml 6919 2025-08-19T11:18:03.824673 image/jpeg 1659 2025-08-19T11:18:03.678692 image/jpeg 1411639 2025-08-19T11:18:02.216713 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia