1 Colored Egg Layer Chickens. The Araucana is a pure breed of chicken originating in Chile. 2  Ameraucana chickens were developed in the 1970âs in the United States from Araucanas. They were developed as a practical barnyard fowl that laid pastel shelled eggs, but without some of the limiting genetic factors related to rumplessness and tufts.
sex chromosome. a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
Sex-linked traits are genetic characteristics determined by genes, which are located on sex chromosomes. Genes are segments of DNA found on chromosomes that carry information for protein production and that are responsible for the inheritance of specific traits. Genes exist in alternative forms called alleles.enes that are found on the sex chromosomes are called sex-linked genes. These genes can be on the X chromosome or on the Y chromosome. If a gene is located on the Y chromosome, it is a Y-linked gene.