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Scraggly and Ataxic Pigeons O. Riddle and N. F. Hollander have described (J. Hered., 34, 167; 1943) two recessive characters, scraggly and ataxia, in their cultures of pigeons. Scraggly squabs show crusty and flaky skin homologous to ichthyosis in man, and the feathers appear more slowly than normal and do not interlock. Flight is impossible with these hairy-like feathers, which also do not protect the bird from cold. Scraggly behaves as a normal Mendelian recessive in inheritance and shows no linkage with several other characters. Ataxia has been followed for twenty-eight years.
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Research Items. Nature 153, 58–59 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153058a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153058a0