Exaggerated head features and the Minorca's utility
Knowledge for understanding and preserving Minorca.
The Poultry Club's Minorca account describes British attempts to enlarge birds through heavy-breed crossing and a period of exaggerated comb and earlobe selection. It reports that these changes did not improve the intended laying usefulness. This is a historical example of how selecting conspicuous form or size can fail to deliver the hoped-for function.
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