Table 1. Distribution of late- and early-feathering chickens, and gene and genotype frequencies for K gene in feather-sexing foundation stocks

Stocks Tested chickens No. chickens Gene frequency Genotype frequency
Late-feathering Early-feathering K k KK Kk kk
A 830 100 730 0.062 0.938 0.004 0.116 0.880
B 1,220 321 899 0.142 0.858 0.020 0.244 0.736
C 1,128 415 713 0.205 0.795 0.042 0.326 0.632
D 2,470 0 2,470 0.000 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000