title: "Palatal pits"--a new trait in chickens?
abstract: During a genetics study of the cleft palate trait in the chicken, another traint, names "Palatal pits" was observed. In the S.C.W. Leghorn inbred line used in the cleft palate study the incidence of palatal pits was 0.79%. Preliminary analysis indicated that the trait was recessive and followed the segregation of a simple Mendelian gene. The symbol pt was suggested to identify this gene.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D007178:Inbreeding; D008297:Male; D010159:Palate / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000235:genetics*