Araucanas genetics question

[Clearwater Chicken]

Do araucana chickens have the fast feathering gene or do they feather out slow? Also how good of foragers are they?

 

[nicalandia]

Do araucana chickens have the fast feathering gene or do they feather out slow? Also how good of foragers are they?

Fast feathering and they are very good foragers

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Thank you so much. you do not know how much that helps me
is the taillessness gene for araucanas heritable nicalandia

 

[nicalandia]

Is the taillessness gene for araucanas heritable

This trait is caused by an autosomal dominant, non lethal gene (rumpless Rp gene located on chromosome 2)

 

[Clearwater Chicken]

Thanks for the information. what does autosomal dominant mean for this gene?

 

[NatJ]

Thanks for the information. what does autosomal dominant mean for this gene?

Same meaning for this gene as for any other gene:

Autosomal means it's not sex-linked.
Dominant means that if the bird only has one copy of the gene, you can see the trait. So a bird with one copy of the rumpless gene (dominant), and one copy of the gene for having a tail (recessive), will be rumpless.

 

[nicalandia]

Thanks for the information. what does autosomal dominant mean for this gene?

It means its not sex linked and its inherited in pairs(Rp/Rp) on both gender

 

[nicalandia]

Same meaning for this gene as for any other gene:

Autosomal means it's not sex-linked.
Dominant means that if the bird only has one copy of the gene, you can see the trait. So a bird with one copy of the rumpless gene (dominant), and one copy of the gene for having a tail (recessive), will be rumpless.

its completely dominant as Rp/rp+ are as rumpless as Rp/Rp, most genes are either incompletely dominant or co-dominant

 

[NatJ]

its completely dominant as Rp/rp+ are as rumpless as Rp/Rp, most genes are either incompletely dominant or co-dominant

I thought that was the usual meaning of dominant--completely dominant, unless stated otherwise.

 

[nicalandia]

I thought that was the usual meaning of dominant--completely dominant, unless stated otherwise.

True, but its rarely mentioned in an informal setting like these forums and most people are not aware of the difference between incomplete, complete and co-dominance of some genes, for example dominant white is actually co-dominant