Researchers say they've solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.About one in every 10,000 chickens is gynandromorphous, to use the technical term. In medieval times, they might have been burned at the stake, as witches' familiars. But now these chickens are shedding important new light on how birds, and perhaps reptiles, develop.
Researchers say they've solved the mystery of why some chickens hatch out half-male and half-female.
About one in every 10,000 chickens is gynandromorphous, to use the technical term.
In medieval times, they might have been burned at the stake, as witches' familiars.
But now these chickens are shedding important new light on how birds, and perhaps reptiles, develop.
As opposed to being roasted in an oven and eaten?
