Chromosomes of chicken-pheasant hybrids.docVIP

Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada hybrid embryos obtained by two way crosses between Columbian Rock chickens (Gallus domesticus) and ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) revealed that a majority of the embryos carry a haploid set each of chicken and pheasant chromosomes. Three of the male embryos resulting from chicken female-pheasant male were cytogenetically indistinguishable from domestic chicken whereas two embryos obtained from a similar cross, were chimeras composed of chicken cells and hybrid cells.