Table 3. Morphological features of Pekin, Nageswari and their reciprocal crossbreds (F1) at 20th week of age Phenotype

Phenotype Characteristic features*
Pekin (P) Freq. Nageswari (N) Freq. P♂ × N♀ Freq. N♂ × P♀ Freq.
Head color White (12) 100.00 Black (10)White spottedblack (1) 90.919.09 Black (15)White spotted black (15) 50.0050.00 Black (31)White spotted black (3) 91.178.82
Neck color White (12) 100.00 Black (12) 100.00 White (5)Black with white spotted (20)Black (5) 16.6766.6716.67 White (3)Black with white spotted (23)Black (8) 8.8276.4723.53
Breast color White (12) 100.00 Black with white spot (11) 100.00 Black with white spotted (2)White extended up to belly (28) 6.6793.33 Black with white spotted (31)White extended up to belly (3) 91.178.82
Wing color White (12) 100.00 Black (11) 100.00 Primary and secondary feather white (24)Black except few white primary feather (6) 80.0020.00 Black (2)Black except few white primary feather (30) 5.8894.12
Bill color Yellowish (12) 100.00 Black (11) 100.00 Black (8)Black with yellowish tint (15)Yellowish (7) 26.6750.0023.33 Black (27)Black with yellowish tint (7) 79.4120.59
Shank color Yellowish (12) 100.00 Black (11) 100.00 Yellowish (11)Yellowish black (11)Black (8) 36.6736.6726.67 Yellowish (6)Yellowish black (2)Black (26) 17.655.8876.47
Web color Yellowish (12) 100.00 Black (7)Black with yellowish tint (4) 63.6336.36 Yellowish (25)Black (1)Black with yellowish tint (4) 83.333.3313.33 Yellowish (10)Black (3)Black with yellowish tint (21) 29.418.8261.76
values in the parentheses indicate the number of observations.