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Category: Genetics

Researchers at Powdermill Nature Reserve observe rare gynandromorph bird

16/10/2020 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics

Researchers at Powdermill Nature Reserve observe rare gynandromorph bird containing both male and female characteristics [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 28, 2020] — Researchers at Powdermill Nature

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Halfsiders, gynandromorphism and mosaics

04/10/2020 Dirk Van den Abeele Articles - Artikels, Articles UK, Genetics 6 comments

Halfsiders, gynandromorphism and mosaics By Dirk Van den Abeele Ornitho-Genetics VZW MUTAVI, Research & Advice Group Published in BVA-International journal 2017 Halfsiders and gynandromorphs Everyone

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Canary with five toes

29/08/2020 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics One comment

Birds have maximum four toes, but bird feet can have different patterns. Most common are: Anisodactyly: three toes forward and one back and zygodactyly: two

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FAQ: If blue1 and blue 2 are alleles …

03/07/2020 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General, Genetics One comment

FAQ: if blue1 and blue2 are alleles of the same gene, is it possible that each allele (blue1 or blue2) has its own specific alleles?

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Mechanisms behind mosaic canaries

19/06/2020 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics

A recent study, published in Science, shows that carotenoid-based sexual dichromatism in mosaic canaries, a hybrid phenotype that arises in offspring of the red siskin

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FAQ: what is the tangerine gene / locus in parrots?

01/06/2020 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General, Genetics

FAQ: what is the tangerine gene / locus in parrots? To be honest, it does not exist. It was the Australian veterinary Dr. Terry Martin

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‘Red’ Agapornis fischeri

27/11/2019 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics

Benjamin aka Joven of Aby Aviary from the Philippines and the South-African breeder Willie Matthews, reported success ful breeding records with ‘red’ Agapornis fischeri. It

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Mitogenome of Agapornis personatus, Agapornis lilianae and Agapornis nigrigenis

01/11/2019 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics

In March 2019, the study on the mitochondrial genome of Agapornis fischeri was published by H. Liu [1]. Three weeks ago, three new papers, were

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FAQ: Genetics behind urucum canaries – Urucum kanaries

13/09/2019 Dirk Van den Abeele Canary - Finches, FAQ, General, Genetics

Unlike wild and domestic canaries (Serinus canaria), the domestic urucum breed of canaries exhibits bright red bills and legs. To identify the causative locus, scientists

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Mitochondrial genome of A. fischeri

24/06/2019 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics

Recently, Chinees scientists, described the complete mitochondrial genome of A. fischeri. Its mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 16,719 bp in size, and all

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Inheritance *dominant yellow* Agapornis fischeri

13/05/2019 Dirk Van den Abeele General, Genetics

The last years we examined several breeding records of *dominant yellow* Agapornis fischeri. It soon became clear that this phenotype (mutation) has a dominant expression,

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Is myostatin the catalyst behind the “standard” birds?

06/12/2018 Dirk Van den Abeele Articles - Artikels, Articles UK, General, Genetics 3 comments

Is myostatin the catalyst behind the “standard” birds? Published: BVA magazine 01-10-2008 on-line: 11-11-2008 By Dirk Van den Abeele Who does not know them, the

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