Figure 4. Allelism of white (mo^w) plumage of chicken and panda (s) plumage of Japanese quail.

(A-1, A-2) A newly hatched F₁ hybrid chick between the white mutant male of chicken (mo^w/mo^w) and the panda mutant female of Japanese quail (s/s). It has whitish yellow down with one brown spot on the head. (B) The phenotype of 8 week-old young bird of the same individual shown in A-1 and A-2. It has the white plumage with several small coloured patches observed in wings. (C, D) Coloured patches in the wing. (E) Pigmented tip of feather from the wing.