scholarly journals The Inheritance of Egg Weight in the Domestic Fowl: Further Evidence of Sex-Linkage

1953 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Osborne
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1941 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. George Jaap
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1935 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.M. Funk
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1937 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.F. Waters


1933 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond T. Parkhurst


2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 192-203
Author(s):  
G. I. O. Odafe-Shalom ◽  
E. O. Owen

The quail and indigenous domestic fowl (IDF) are purebred birds that have received little or no genetic manipulation and intensive husbandry in Nigeria. Recently awareness is being created of the potential health value and functional properties of their eggs in industry. This necessitated the interest to examine the indices of egg quality by physical measurements and by chemical analysis of the eggs of the two species. Results showed higher values in IDF eggs for indices of egg size - longitudinal and latitudinal circumference and shell thickness. Weight indices – whole egg weight, albumen weight, and yolk weight, albumen height and yolk height recorded higher values in the IDF eggs. Whole egg weight was 36.51±3.25g for IDF egg, significantly (p<0.01) higher than the whole weight, 9.75±1.32g, of quail egg. Also the relative weight (proportion) of shell to total egg weight was higher in the IDF egg (10.74%) than in quail egg (9.56%). However, the proportions of albumen and yolk (49.38% and 41.01%) in quail egg were higher than the corresponding values in IDF egg (40.59%, and 48.68%). The Haugh unit HU and yolk index YI values of quail eggs were significantly higher (P< 0.05) and (P<0.01) respectively than the values in IDF eggs. The approximate chemical compositions (g/100gdm) of quail eggs were moisture content - 68.12, crude protein-13.45, ether extract-10.45, soluble carbohydrates-4.46, and ash-3.10; whereas IDF eggs measured 71.51, 12.63, 9.74, 3.56 and 2.5 respectively. The differences in crude protein and ether extract values were not significant (p>0.05) for the two sets of eggs.     La caille et la volaille domestique indigène (le 'IDF') sont des oiseaux de race pure qui ont subi peu ou pas de manipulation génétique et un élevage intensif au Nigeria. Récemment, on a pris conscience de la valeur potentielle pour la santé et des propriétés fonctionnelles de leurs oeufs dans l'industrie. Ceci a nécessité l'intérêt d'examiner les indices de qualité des oeufs par des mesures physiques et par analyse chimique des oeufs des deux espèces. Les résultats ont montré des valeurs plus élevées dans les oeufs 'IDF' pour les indices de taille des oeufs - circonférence longitudinale et latitudinale et épaisseur de la coquille. Les indices de poids - le poids de l'oeuf entier, le poids de l'albumen et le poids du jaune, la hauteur de l'albumen et la hauteur du jaune ont enregistré des valeurs plus élevées dans les oeufs 'IDF'. Le poids de l'oeuf entier était de 36.51 ± 3.25 g pour l'oeuf de la 'FIL', significativement (p <0.01) supérieur au poids total, 9.75 ± 1.32 g, de l'oeuf de caille. De plus, le poids relative (proportion) de la coquille par rapport au poids total de l'oeuf était plus élevé dans l'oeuf 'FIL' (10.74%) que dans l'oeuf de caille (9.56%). Cependant, les proportions d'albumen et de jaune (49.38% et 41.01%) dans l'oeuf de caille étaient supérieures aux valeurs correspondantes dans l'oeuf 'IDF' (40.59% et 48.68%). Les valeurs de l'unité de Haugh 'HU' et de l'indice du jaune 'YI' des oeufs de caille étaient significativement plus élevées (P <0.05) et (P <0.01) respectivement que les valeurs des oeufs 'IDF'. 68.12, protéine brute-13.45, extrait d'éther- 10.45, glucides solubles-4.46 et cendre-3.10; tandis que les oeufs du 'FIL' mesuraient respectivement 71.51, 12.63, 9.74, 3.56 et 2.5. Les différences entre les valeurs de proteins brutes et d'extrait d'éther n'étaient pas significatives (p> 0.05) pour les deux ensembles d'oeufs.



1979 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 991
Author(s):  
BH Yoo ◽  
BL Sheldon

The extent of sire x hatching season interaction in egg production characters has been studied in White Leghorn, Australorp and Synthetic flocks in which half-sib families bred from the same sires were mated largely to the same dams for spring and autumn hatchings. Interaction appeared to be more important in White Leghorn and Synthetic than in Australorp. The estimate of variance component for interaction was not consistent among the three flocks, and it was important only in certain flocks for different characters: age at first egg, part-annual hen-housed production (PHP), and egg weight at 34 and 62 (EWL) weeks of age in Synthetic; and annual survivors' production and egg specific gravity at 62 weeks of age (SGL) in White Leghorn. Comparison of within-season and across-seasons heritabilities showed that the former could be on average more than 45% higher than the latter in PHP, EWL, SGL and annual hen-housed production. As the estimates of the genetic correlation coefficient between seasons tend to be below 1.0 for many characters in White Leghorn and Synthetic, the sire x hatching season interaction may need to be taken into account and investigated further to improve the efficiency of selection for egg production.



1930 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEAN R. MARBLE


Science ◽  
1919 ◽  
Vol 49 (1270) ◽  
pp. 427-429
Author(s):  
P. Hadley
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1919 ◽  
Vol 53 (628) ◽  
pp. 377-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Hadley
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1961 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Hale

Five years' records of unculled White Wyandotte flocks at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, were analysed to give estimates of heritabilities and of genetic and environmental correlations by two methods. Pooling data for four years and eliminating hatch effects gave heritabilities of 0·28 for eggs laid by survivors to 500 days; 0·61 for weight of pullets at penning; 0·51 for weight of pullets at 8 weeks; 0·18 for days to first egg; and 0·71 for spring egg weight. These are in general agreement with most other published figures, as are most of the genetic correlations. A suggestion of sex-linkage in the genetic correlations between weight at 8 weeks and days to maturity was not supported by other figures from the data. The method of eliminating hatch effects, unexpectedly, gave higher heritability figures where heritability was already moderate or high. It gave numerically greater figures in most genetic correlations, but did not lead to an expected reduction in the environmental correlations. The data were probably inadequate for a rigorous test of the method.



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