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    13/07/2026 Dirk Van den Abeele

    Een paar weken geleden zijn we opnieuw gestart met een cursus kleurmutaties. De deelnemers aan deze reeks komen allemaal uit de reservelijst van onze vorige

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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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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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Multicolor Agapornis fischeri

03/12/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

In 2002 I first reported about a ‘multicolor’ phenotype in Agapornis fischeri. These birds have a local reduction of both

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DNA Agapornis pullarius

01/11/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Voor ons DNA onderzoek naar het genus Agapornis zijn we, in België of Nederland, op zoek naar een fokker van

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FAQ: articles in BVA digital archive

18/10/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: Can we find an overview somewhere of your articles that are online in the BVA digital archive? Sure, here

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Something to think about

06/10/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele General

Every week we receive e-mails from enthusiasts with mainly questions, but also suggestions and personal reservations. A valuable wealth of

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FAQ: misty and fallow

27/09/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: has the bronze fallow and misty mutation any interaction/correlation with the pale Fallow mutation? With other words, is it

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FAQ: lovebirds, melanins and lipochrome?

19/09/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General One comment

FAQ: lovebirds, melanins and lipochrome? There has been some fuss about a quote in a recently published article. I quote

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FAQ: Does a dark factor affect the colour of SL ino green (lutino) Agapornis roseicollis ?

31/08/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: Does a dark factor affect the colour of SL ino green (lutino) Agapornis roseicollis ? The dark factor is

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FAQ: lacewing in budgies [Melopsittacus undulatus]

19/08/2023 Dirk Van den Abeele FAQ, General

FAQ: I have been a judge for 40 years and I specialize in budgerigars. For years now I have been

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