The wild species genome ancestry of domestic chickens

Hybridisation and introgression play key roles in the evolutionary history of animal species. They are commonly observed within several orders in wild birds. The domestic chickenGallus gallus domesticusis the most common livestock species. More than 65 billion chickens are raised annually to produce...

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Main Authors:	Lawal, R.A., Martin, S.H., Vanmechelen, K., Vereijken, A., Silva, P., Al-Atiyat, R.M., Aljumaah, R.S., Mwacharo, Joram M., Dong-Dong Wu, Ya-Ping Zhang, Hocking, P.M., Smith, J., Wragg, D., Hanotte, Olivier H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2020
Subjects:	chickens livestock genomes species animal breeding genetic diversity domestication hybridization evolution
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107125