A quick video about Cuckoo Genetics – Video

Posted: February 10, 2013 at 7:45 am




A quick video about Cuckoo Genetics
A short clip showing the difference between a homozygous and heterozygous wc cuckoo male. Females will have only 1 copy of the gene (if they don #39;t they will be wc black) while males can have 1 or two copies of the gene. This holds true in self cuckoos as well as the white crested varieties. The gene responsible for the cuckoo pattern also limits the blue coloration in the legs. As a result many cuckoos (and creles) will have white, very pale blue, or white with random blue marked legs. I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (www.youtube.com

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