Multigenerational pedigree analysis of wild individually marked black sparrowhawks suggests that dark plumage coloration is a dominant autosomal trait

The black sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) is a color‐polymorphic sub‐Saharan raptor, with adults occurring in two discrete color morphs: dark and light. It has previously been suggested that plumage coloration is determined by a one‐locus two‐allele system, with the light allele being dominant...

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