Scientific Journal of KubSAU

Coloring the plumage of chickens is a complex genetically determined sign. The study of the interactions of the main genes of chicken pigmentation was started by A.S. Serebrovsky. The most complete information on the genes of coloring plumage of chickens and down of chickens is given by Z.M. Kogan, indicating the clutch groups and the arrangement of these genes on the chromosome map. In the 1990s, the interaction of color genes, pen pattern and modifier genes affecting the intensity of the main color and pattern of the pen was described in detail. It was found that in pigs the pigmentation is regulated by the MC1-R melanocortin receptor associated with the locus E. Due to molecular studies, loci of dominant white color (I), recessive white color (c / c), striped pen pattern (B) adherent to the floor , and spotted spot locus (mo). The final phenotype depends not only on individual genes, but also on their interactions and the genetic environment as a whole. The same genes can produce different patterns and shades of the main plumage, and different genes determine the same phenotypes. Despite the fact that there was significant progress in determining the molecular causes of the appearance of a particular type of color in chickens, much remains to be learned