The w locus

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The w Locus
A pigeon with webbed toes due to the web foot mutation.
A pigeon with webbed toes due to the web foot mutation.
Mutation type Morphological modifier
Alleles Web foot, wild type.

The w locus is the position of a gene on a chromosome with two known alleles: wildtype and web foot.