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Linkage and the Dark Factor

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John Mulley, December 2021 Linkage and the Dark Factor download The following explains the well-known phenomenon of maximising production of Cobalts from Dark Greens split for Blue in relation to any of the varieties that display these colours. The discussion…

Linkage and the “Fallow Trick”

Yellow Faced Blue

John Mulley, December 2021 Linkage and the “Fallow Trick” download Option 1 for upgrading Type in recessive varieties is to outcross to quality Normals to produce split recessives. These split recessives receive 50% of their genetic content from the outcross.…

The Colour Gene MuPKS in Budgerigars

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John Mulley AO PhD, December 2021 The Colour Gene MuPKS in Budgerigars download Introduction This describes (in language simplified as much as possible without losing meaning) the discovery of the budgerigar Colour gene. The identity of the Colour gene was…