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What varieties of coturnix quail will produce sex-linked chicks
I know this is an old thread but someone may be looking for the answer. to expand on what FloorCandy posted above. Sex Linked colours are used so you can tell the sex of the chick at hatch by the colour of the Down. Hens have ZW chromosomes and cocks have ZZ. Sex linked genes are on the Z... -
What varieties of coturnix quail will produce sex-linked chicks
This is incorrect, you have it around the wrong way. Males need 2 copies to express and can carry 1 copy, females only need one copy to express it and never be able to carry. It is linked to the Z chromosome and males are ZZ, females are ZW