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What determines the color of a pigeon's feathers?
What determines the color of a pigeon's feathers?
What is the role of carotenoid pigments in pigeon feathers?
What is the role of carotenoid pigments in pigeon feathers?
How do mutations in certain genes affect pigeon feather color?
How do mutations in certain genes affect pigeon feather color?
Where is the major color locus located?
Where is the major color locus located?
Which color is considered 'wild type' for pigeons?
Which color is considered 'wild type' for pigeons?
What determines whether a bird is male or female?
What determines whether a bird is male or female?
How many alleles does the color gene have?
How many alleles does the color gene have?
How many copies of the color gene do male pigeons have?
How many copies of the color gene do male pigeons have?
What determines the feather color in male pigeons?
What determines the feather color in male pigeons?
What pattern of inheritance do sex-linked genes follow?
What pattern of inheritance do sex-linked genes follow?
What distinguishes the differences between blue, brown, and ash-red colors in birds?
What distinguishes the differences between blue, brown, and ash-red colors in birds?
What is unique about ash-red birds' tail bars compared to blue and brown birds?
What is unique about ash-red birds' tail bars compared to blue and brown birds?
How many sex chromosomes do female pigeons have?
How many sex chromosomes do female pigeons have?
Which chromosome does not have a copy of the color gene?
Which chromosome does not have a copy of the color gene?
Which molecule gives feathers their colors?
Which molecule gives feathers their colors?
How do males inherit color alleles from their parents?
How do males inherit color alleles from their parents?
Where do females inherit their color allele from?
Where do females inherit their color allele from?
What is the gene responsible for the major color locus in pigeons?
What is the gene responsible for the major color locus in pigeons?
'Ash-red' allele is dominant and affects feather color by:
'Ash-red' allele is dominant and affects feather color by:
'Blue' pigeons make mostly which type of melanin?
'Blue' pigeons make mostly which type of melanin?
What happens if a bird has one 'brown' allele and one 'blue' allele?
What happens if a bird has one 'brown' allele and one 'blue' allele?
How does the 'ash-red' allele affect feather color production?
How does the 'ash-red' allele affect feather color production?
What is the function of TYRP1 protein in birds?
What is the function of TYRP1 protein in birds?
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