Abbo and Gopher contend that we offer nothing new to the study of domestication in three recent papers (Bogaard et al., 2021; Allaby et al., 2021, Allaby et al., 2022b). They claim that …
F Li, X Li, CC Cheng, D Bujdoš, S Tollenaar… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Gut microbes play crucial roles in the development and health of their animal hosts. However, the evolutionary relationships of gut microbes with vertebrate hosts, and the …
VD Pham, ZS Xu, DJ Simpson, JS Zhang… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Sourdoughs are maintained by back-slopping over long time periods. To determine strain- level persistence of bacteria, we characterized four sourdoughs from bakeries over a period …
Human history is inextricably linked to the introduction of desirable heritable traits in plants and animals. Selective breeding (SB) predates our historical period and has been practiced …
Little is known about the early history of the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), including the timing and circumstances of its introduction into new cultural environments. To evaluate …
T Budi, W Singchat, N Tanglertpaibul, W Wongloet… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Knowledge of the genetic characteristics, origin, and local adaptation of chickens is essential to identify the traits required for chicken breeding programs. Chee Fah and Fah …
Achieving high production with limited resources is a major challenge faced by poultry farmers in countries with developing economies, such as Pakistan. Optimization of the …
The origins and dispersal of the chicken across the ancient world remains one of the most enigmatic questions regarding Eurasian domesticated animals. The lack of agreement …
CJ Schmidt, DK Kim, GK Pendarvis, B Abasht… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Chicken domestication began at least 3,500 years ago for purposes of divination, cockfighting, and food. Prior to industrial scale chicken production, domestication selected …