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You may have seen an ad like this: "For sale: Japanese quail Jumbo Pharaoh meat-and-egg type, about a third are yellow." At first glance an ordinary offer. To an experienced keeper, though, something about it does not add up.
Breed or line? Dominant or recessive gene? What is the difference between a colour variety and a mutation? A glossary of the terms that the other articles in the Japanese quail genetics series refer to.