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  • FAQ: Can pallid revert back to SL ino?

    27/07/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    FAQ: Is it possible that, after several generations, the offspring of a pallid hen suddenly produce only SL ino young, assuming we are certain that

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  • FAQ: Naming order in mutation combinations

    27/04/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    FAQ: Naming order in mutation combinations Enthusiasts often like to combine different color mutations. This raises the question: in what order should the names of

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  • FAQ: melanin, eumelanin, phaeomelanin, melanocytes, melanosomes and keratinocytes?

    20/03/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    Nederlandse versie onderaan FAQ: When studying your articles on feather structure, terms such as melanin, eumelanin, phaeomelanin, melanocytes, melanosomes and keratinocytes in bird feathers are

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  • FAQ: Can a DNA or blood test detect the presence of colour mutations (split factor) in the genome?

    01/03/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    Nederlandse versie onderaan FAQ: Can a DNA or blood test detect the presence of colour mutations in the genome? We’ve been receiving this question more

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  • FAQ: pallidino or PallidIno?

    06/12/2025 Dirk Van den Abeele

    FAQ: The international guidelines state that combinations of alleles should be written as one word and that the names of both alleles must begin with

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Agaporniden deel 1 en deel 2

06/08/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele Books, General

Via de uitgeverij hebben we de hand kunnen leggen op nog een aantal exemplaren van mijn boeken Agaporniden deel 1

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Laatste exemplaren Erfelijkheid bij vogels

27/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele Books, General

Via de uitgeverij hebben we de hand kunnen leggen op de laatste exemplaren van mijn boek “Erfelijkheid bij vogels”. U

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Fallow budgerigars [Melopsittacus undulatus]

19/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

As part of a general study into the fallow types in various parakeet species, we are looking for breeders of

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Cinnamon Agapornis personatus

17/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Bird from the collection of Mr. Jazfer Marte (The Philippines)

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Revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots

14/07/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

A proposal for a revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no.

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FAQ: How do you go about determining the names of new mutants?

27/06/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ

FAQ: How do you go about determining the names of new mutants? To begin with, I would like to correct

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FAQ: What about the use of asterisks **

25/06/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: What about the use of asterisks **? When do we use asterisks with a name? When there are still

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A warm memory of Wessel

10/06/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Today we received the sad news that Wessel van der Veen passed away a few days ago. Wessel was one

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FAQ: how can we determine that we are dealing with a new mutation?

24/05/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: how can we determine that we are indeed dealing with a new mutation? On a weekly basis I receive

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New mutation in Twenty-eight parrot

12/05/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

New mutation in Twenty-eight parrot [Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus]

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Epigenetica bij zebravinken

02/05/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

In de uitgave van mei van Vogelinfo, het gratis maandelijks online magazine van Danny Roels, bespreken we een geval van

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The first research results of our DNA study

26/03/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

The first research results of our DNA study into colour mutations in the genus Agapornis have been published today. In

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Pied cockatiel / bonte valkparkiet [Nymphicus hollandicus]

08/03/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: In pied cockatiel we regularly see that there is dark suffusion in the mask. This dark suffusion is usually

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Spinus spinus

10/02/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

On request I wrote an article (in Dutch) about mutations in Eurasian siskin – Spinus spinus in Vogelinfo (a free

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DNA samples Agapornis pullarius

22/01/2024 Dirk Van den Abeele General

We are looking for blood samples of Agapornis pullarius. Who can help us in this?    

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SLC45A2 /SL ino gene in parrots

15/12/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

A new study confirmed that a mutation in the SLC45A2 is responsible for the sex-linked ino rose-ringed parakeet [Psittacula krameri].

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