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. 2014 Aug 16;60(6):406–410. doi: 10.1262/jrd.2013-108

Table 2. Progeny test of Rhode Island Red chickens receiving 100 gonadal germ cells collected from 7-day-old White Leghorn embryos.

ID Donor Recipient Experimental period
(week)
No. of eggs
laid
No. of fertilized
eggs
No. of hatched
chicks
No. of white
feather chicks (%)
F→F14 Female Female 33 216 195 138 3 (2.2%)

M→M3 Male Male 14 356 315 245 0 (0%)
M→M7 Male Male 5 132 120 99 27 (27.3%)
M→M8 Male Male 10 220 152 92 0 (0%)

F→M1 Female Male 12 316 298 258 0 (0%)
F→M2 Female Male 12 318 288 232 0 (0%)
F→M4 Female Male 4 70 59 33 0 (0%)
F→M6 Female Male 14 345 313 224 0 (0%)
F→M9 Female Male 4 61 45 25 0 (0%)

M→F11 Male Female 41 278 267 216 0 (0%)
M→F12 Male Female 36 225 202 163 0 (0%)
M→F13 Male Female 36 232 222 191 1 (0.5%)
M→F15 Male Female 34 230 214 191 0 (0%)
M→F16 Male Female 34 204 180 143 1 (0.7%)