There are increasing amounts of information from whole genome scans (Milan et al, 2000), from natural mutants (Reddy and Siegel, 1977) and from the relationship between gene expression and trait ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. The Tasmanian native hen (Gallinula mortierii) exhibits mate-sharing by both males and females, with monogamy, polyandry, polygyny and ...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that in 1990, the world’s population of chickens was around 10.6 billion birds. For 2023, that number has grown to some 34.4 billion animals. And ...

THERE is something “fowl” about a chicken that has now laid five double eggs, which could be a result of a major health problem. Mareeba resident Di Bird’s Rhode Island Red hen has laid nearly a half ...