Sarah Rackowski
In the Brooder
Hello quail keepers of New York,
My Name is Sarah Rackowski. I am a Cornell University undergraduate with a strong interest in birds, especially those that are kept by people in domesticated or avicultural settings -- I've worked in the past with feral pigeons and in a captive bird park.
I'm just starting an independent research project designed to discover the precise genetic mutation that causes the beautiful “celadon” egg color in Coturnix quail. I'm doing this work in the genetics lab at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where I am mentored by Dr. Bronwyn Butcher and other specialists on avian genomic techniques. This gene is already known to be the result of a single recessive mutation, but where it sits in the quail genome remains undiscovered. By sequencing and comparing the entire genomes of several dozen celedon versus wild-type quails, I should be able to add this information to our knowledge of quail genomics.
I would very much like to correspond with keepers of true-breeding celadon quails. In addition to getting your general advice and hearing about your experience with these quail, I am hoping to purchase eggs or live quail, and/ perhaps even to arrange cross-breeding tests in an existing captive flock. In addition to purchasing those materials, all such participants will of course be acknowledged in any publications on my findings.
Please contact me via PM if you might be able to help me find sources of celedon quail and with any suggestions or questions about my study. Many thanks!
Sarah
My Name is Sarah Rackowski. I am a Cornell University undergraduate with a strong interest in birds, especially those that are kept by people in domesticated or avicultural settings -- I've worked in the past with feral pigeons and in a captive bird park.
I'm just starting an independent research project designed to discover the precise genetic mutation that causes the beautiful “celadon” egg color in Coturnix quail. I'm doing this work in the genetics lab at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where I am mentored by Dr. Bronwyn Butcher and other specialists on avian genomic techniques. This gene is already known to be the result of a single recessive mutation, but where it sits in the quail genome remains undiscovered. By sequencing and comparing the entire genomes of several dozen celedon versus wild-type quails, I should be able to add this information to our knowledge of quail genomics.
I would very much like to correspond with keepers of true-breeding celadon quails. In addition to getting your general advice and hearing about your experience with these quail, I am hoping to purchase eggs or live quail, and/ perhaps even to arrange cross-breeding tests in an existing captive flock. In addition to purchasing those materials, all such participants will of course be acknowledged in any publications on my findings.
Please contact me via PM if you might be able to help me find sources of celedon quail and with any suggestions or questions about my study. Many thanks!
Sarah
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