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Topic 18 Flashcards

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general sexing og chickens

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  • used in hatcheries, to separate pullets (female chicks)
    -> recuired for egg prod
  • Z-linked is used to determine sex of one-day old
    chickens
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chicken sexing based on cloaca

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cloacal protrusion

- female cloaca bigger

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chicken sexing based on feather growth

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slow (dominant) - female

fast (recessive) - male

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chicken sexing based on feather color

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dark - female
light - male

criss-cross inheritance, F1 NOT uniform

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chicken sexing based on marking

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male: white spot on head

black leghorn chicken

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