Table 2. Number of chicks with feathering patterns which produced from crossing between homozygous(
KK
) and heterozygous(
Kk
) late-feathering paternal chickens and early-feathering(
k
¯
) maternal chickens
Crossings
EF progeny
LF progeny
♂
♀
Total
♂
♀
Total
Number of chicks
♂ Heterozygous LF(
Z
K
Z
k
) x ♀ EF(
Z
k
W
)
62
56
118
119
135
254
♂ Homozygous LF(
Z
K
Z
K
) x ♀ EF(
Z
k
W
)
0
0
0
24
24
48
EF; early-feathering chicken, LF; late-feathering chicken.