NOTE

Other blogs, allied to this one, are listed below

canarygenetics.blogspot.com. This blog is an open forum for comment by readers of the other canary-genetics-xxxxx.blogspot.com sites - as set out below.

canary-genetics-overview.blogspot.com. A comprehensive, condensed, and readable account of avian genetics by Anthony Olszewski.

canary-genetics-hybrids-bred.blogspot.com. A reprise, with photos, of an article by Donal Hayes, which appeared in Cage & Aviary Birds, on Oct 28 ’95, describing his experiences in crossing a number of serin species with Irish Fancy canaries.

canary-genetics-hybrids-theory.blogspot.com An account of the genetic basis for near-sterility in crosses between canaries and closely allied species.

canary-genetics-halfsiders.blogspot.com An account of the genetic constitution of a chimera, informally called a ‘half-sider’, where the plumage colour on one side of the bird is different from that of the other. With photos.

canary-genetics-dominant-white.blogspot.com. A copy of an article by Donal Hayes, published on June 10th ’95 in Cage & Aviary Birds, concerning a breeding programme by him, the results of which strongly suggest that the so-called lethal factor is no more than a myth.

canary-genetics-bobbaggs.blogspot.com A copy of Bob Baggs’ article of the 30th. of August ’07 in the Cage & Aviary Birds describing his experiences of breeding dominant white canaries and his conclusion that the ‘lethal factor’ did not apply.

canary-genetics-recessive-white.blogspot.com A copy of an article by Donal Hayes, published on June 17th ’95 in Cage & Aviary Birds, concerning a breeding programme of his, the results of which indicate that the ‘recessive white’ feature is in fact an epistatic effect. This is to say, the action of the lipochrone (yellow) producing gene is blocked by a separate mutated gene. Thus TWO gene loci are involved.