Origin of Black Sheep in the Flock
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A short scientific article by C. B. Davenport testing whether black coat color in sheep is a Mendelian recessive trait. Using the records of 877 sheep in Alexander Graham Bell's Beinn Bhreagh flock in Nova Scotia, he applies four breeding criteria for recessiveness and finds that black wool behaves as a Mendelian recessive, with some deviation in matings of two heterozygous parents.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- November 24, 1905
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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