Yellow Skin, Clear Yellow Shanks = Grey Junglefowl/Ceylon Junglefowl introgression

[nicalandia]

Not news really, just wanted to point out that research has only mentioned the Yellow skin allele(w for yellow skin W+ for white skin), every research(perhaps I overlooked or could not find them) paper found on the subject seems to have forgotten about the sex linked dermal inhibitor gene that produces clear shanks(Id/-, w/w will produce yellow shanks females), so clear yellow shanks found in the domestic chickens is due to two alleles, the recessive autosomal yellow skin allele(w/w) and the sex linked dermal inhibitor(Id) allele, interestingly enough such phenotype can be found in both the Grey Junglefowl and Ceylon Junglefowl. So I propose that until proven otherwise the sex linked dermal inhibitor gene(Id/Id) be also considered of a gene inherited from the Grey/Ceylon Junglefowl during it's introgression early in the domestication of chicken in Asia.

Ceylon Junglefowl, yellow skin and clear yellow shanks

Grey Junglefowl, yellow skin and clear yellow shanks

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265484/

 

[nicalandia]

Some more info.

From Genetics of the fowl Frederick Bruce Hutt 1949

So next time when you are about to indulge in a Juice yellow skin broiler think about how it's yellow skin came from such a cool bird, the Grey Jungle fowl(Gallus Soneratii)

 

[Shadrach]

Some more info.

From Genetics of the fowl Frederick Bruce Hutt 1949

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So next time when you are about to indulge in a Juice yellow skin broiler think about how it's yellow skin came from such a cool bird, the Grey Jungle fowl(Gallus Soneratii)
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I wondered if you had read this given you are interested in genetics and breeding.
https://books.google.es/books?hl=en...dfLNk2w5qg6ZY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

[nicalandia]

I wondered if you had read this given you are interested in genetics and breeding.
https://books.google.es/books?hl=en...dfLNk2w5qg6ZY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Yes, I have. But thanks for posting!

 

[Shadrach]

Yes, I have. But thanks for posting!

The same study group have produced other papers but you need a University log in to read them.