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Attempts to produce genetically modified birds began before 1980. [142] Chickens have been genetically modified for a variety of purposes. This includes studying embryo development, [143] preventing the transmission of bird flu [144] and providing evolutionary insights using reverse engineering to recreate dinosaur-like phenotypes. [145]
Whipper (budgerigar) Whipper is a budgerigar from Winton, Southland District, New Zealand. [1] His unusual appearance, long curly plumage, and vocalisations, which were caused by a genetic mutation called "feather duster" a very rare mutation, made him famous in his home country. After being placed with, and rejected by his mother, his owner ...
A Whitefaced Blue (Turquoise) female. The science of rosy-faced lovebird colour genetics deals with the heredity of colour variation in the feathers of the species known as Agapornis roseicollis, commonly known as the rosy-faced lovebird or peach-faced lovebird. Rosy-faced lovebirds have the deepest range of mutations available of all the ...
Alternative names for the budgerigar include the shell parrot or shell parakeet, the warbling grass parakeet, the canary parrot, the zebra parrot, the flight bird, and the scallop parrot. Although more often used as a common name for small parrots in the genus Agapornis , the name "lovebird" has been used for budgerigars, because of their habit ...
Natural horror is a subgenre of horror films that features natural forces, [1] typically in the form of animals or plants, that pose a threat to human characters.. Though killer animals in film have existed since the release of The Lost World in 1925, [2] two of the first motion pictures to garner mainstream success with a "nature run amok" premise were The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock ...
Genomic evolution of birds. The black-chinned hummingbird ( Archilochus alexandri) is the bird species known to have the smallest genome among birds, which is only 0.91 Gb long. Birds are the group of amniotes with the smallest genomes. Whereas mammal and reptilian genomes range between 1.0 and 8.2 giga base pairs (Gb), bird genomes have sizes ...
The English Fallow budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars. At least three types of Fallow, the German, English and Scottish, all named after their country of origin, have been established, although none of these types is common. They are superficially similar, but adult birds may be ...
A/Fujian (H5N1) Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 ( A/H5N1) is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes influenza (flu), predominantly in birds. It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, and also panzootic (affecting animals of many species over a wide area). [ 1] A/H5N1 virus can also infect mammals ...