Long time we suspected that only Agapornis roseicollis is transporting nesting material between the feathers on her rump or upper tail. But later we also
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FAQ: Are slaty and misty the same mutation and / or are they a grey mutant?
FAQ: Are slaty and misty the same mutation and / or are they a grey mutant? The answer is actually simple: absolutely not. For a
Agapornis roseicollis pale
Agapornis roseicollis pale? By Dirk Van den Abeele Ornitho-Genetics VZW MUTAVI, Research & Advice Group Published BVA Magazine August 2017 About three years ago I
Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics
Nature ( the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal) published an article in which they announced a substantial step towards the dense representation of avian phylogenetic
List colour mutations in Genus Agapornis
Seem there was a typo in our list of colour mutations in genus Agapornis. So we uploaded the adjusted list. (Thanks Sergio) https://www.ogvzw.org/downloads/mutationsagapornis.pdf
FAQ: can we have DF hens in SL (incomplete) dominant mutations?
FAQ: can we have DF hens in SL (incomplete) dominant mutations? Answer: NO A sex linked (incomplete) dominant mutation is located on the Z chromosome
It was busy yesterday
As a result of our post about turquoise Agapornis fischeri, we had a lot of visitors to the site and a lot of comments (+120).
Genuine turquoise Agapornis fischeri?
As I mentioned in my previous articles on the bl-locus, there are breeders that have (most probably) the real turquoise mutation in Agapornis fischeri (for
On request: Agapornis roseicollis: dilute versus pallid
Agapornis roseicollis: dilute versus pallid By Dirk Van den Abeele Ornitho-Genetics VZW MUTAVI, Research & Advice group Published BVA-International Journal – October 2014 It goes
Archive articles
We updated our database with our articles published in Díszmadár magazin (Hungary) More info: https://www.ogvzw.org/archive/
Recommended website
If you like pictures of all kinds of birds, I can recommend the website of Danny Roels, editor of AOB Belgium. The site is written
Samples for myostatin study
Many of you may know the “long feathered” or “standard” type Agapornis roseicollis. These birds are larger than the “normal” A. roseicollis and are highly