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The blue egg character, common among fowls in parts of Chile, behaves as a simple dominant to non-blue. Combined with the various shades of brown it gives a series of greens and olives. Polychromatism in fowls and pheasants’ eggs follows apparently similar lines.
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Punnett, C. Genetic studies in poultry. Journ. of Genetics 27, 465–470 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981757
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981757