Incomplete dominance of the gene for naked neck in domestic fowl.
The autosomal gene for naked neck in domestic fowl has been shown to be incompletely dominant. Heterozygotes characteristically have an isolated tuft of feathers on the ventral side of the neck above the crop. Homozygotes lack this tuft completely, or it may be reduced to a very few pinfeathers or small feathers.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005241:Feathers; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D010641:Phenotype