Chicken is the most numerous among the domesticated livestock species. Across cultures,
religions, and societies, chicken is widely accepted with little or no taboo compared to other …

Despite the substantial role that chickens have played in human societies across the world,
both the geographic and temporal origins of their domestication remain controversial. To …

Nearly three decades ago, zooarchaeologists postulated that chicken husbandry was
practiced in Northern China by∼ 8.0 ka calBP. Recently, ancient mitogenome analyses of …

Though chickens are the most numerous and ubiquitous domestic bird, their origins, the
circumstances of their initial association with people, and the routes along which they …

Background Various regions of the chicken genome have been under natural and artificial
selection for thousands of years. The substantial diversity that exits among chickens from …

Background Species domestication is generally characterized by the exploitation of high-
impact mutations through processes that involve complex shifting demographics of …

Background Domesticated chickens have a wide variety of phenotypes, in contrast with their
wild progenitors. Unlike other chicken breeds, Xichuan black-bone chickens have blue …

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is the most widespread domestic animal in the
world. However, the timings and locations of their domestication have remained debatable …

The red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the main progenitor of domestic chicken, the commonest
livestock species, outnumbering humans by an approximate ratio of six to one. The genetic …

Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …