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Chicken sex reversal

Sex reversal in chickens

Published: March 17, 2008

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Every once in a while you hear a story about a hen that changed into a cock. Such stories are often meet with skepticism, but sex reversals do, in fact, occur, although not very frequently. To date, however, spontaneous sex reversal from male to female has not been reported. In spontaneous sex reversal, only the phenotype 3 is altered. Genetically, the bird remains a female, but externally it...

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Olufemi Pius Olowu

18 de marzo de 2008

This is an educative article with exposition in sex reversal. Sexing error should also be studied.

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odusote

23 de marzo de 2008

I feel enlightened on the issue of sex reversal bc I won't term it as an error from the hatchery attendants anymore, this has always been my reasoning for such a physiological abnormalty.

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Alabi Kehinde

Vetstock nig ltd.

5 de julio de 2008

Avian reproductive physiology has been an issue to be cleared by our scientist because of the traditional believe of birds behavioural pattern in their mature age in respect to the genetical manifestation. Male cock not been able to mate a hen and a hen be like a cock. Alabi Kehinde Animal scientist Nigeria

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Tito Pascual

20 de marzo de 2012

would it be possible to sexually reverse at egg stage to produce all male for cockfighting?

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