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. 2014 Jan 23;9(1):e86361. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086361

Figure 2. Wild-type and mottled plumage phenotypes with two different extended black (E) backgrounds in Cochin bantam (CB) and Ehime-jidori (EJ).

Figure 2

(A) The wild-type (Mo +/−) (A-1) and mottled plumage (mo/mo) (A-2) in adult CB females with an E/E genetic background. (B) The wild-type (Mo +/−) (B-1) and mottled plumage (mo/mo) (B-2) in adult EJ females with an e +/e+ genetic background. (C-1) Feathers of the saddle from the wild-type CB female (Mo +/−) (left) and the mottled CB female (mo/mo) (right). (C-2) Feathers of the saddle from the wild-type EJ female (Mo +/−) (left) and the mottled EJ female (mo/mo) (right). (D) Down colour of newly hatched chicks of the wild type (Mo +/−) (D-1, left) and the mottled type (mo/mo) (D-1, right) in CB, and the wild type (Mo +/−) (D-2, left) and the mottled type (mo/mo) in EJ (D-2, right). These mottled-type chicks (mo/mo) have white yellowish down with pigmented spots on the head.