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The chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets or for cockfighting.
31 maj 2021 · The scientific naming of the domestic chicken as Gallus gallus domesticus, rather than Gallus domesticus, follows the substantial morphological and behavioural evidence supporting the Red junglefowl G. gallus as the primary ancestor of the domestic form (Darwin 1859).
The classification of today’s chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) recognizes its primary origin, the Red Junglefowl. Domestication probably occurred 7,000-10,000 years ago in Southeast Asia and Oceana.
12 lut 2020 · Our study reveals a polyphyletic origin of domestic chicken diversity with the Red junglefowl as the main ancestor and subsequent introgression from the Grey, Ceylon, and Green junglefowls. These findings provide new insights into the domestication and evolutionary history of the species.
25 cze 2020 · Our study suggests that domestic chickens were initially derived from the RJF subspecies Gallus gallus spadiceus whose present-day distribution is predominantly in southwestern China,...
21 sty 2021 · Here, we conducted a large-scale population genetics study on the diversity of red junglefowl (279 individuals from 12 populations) and indigenous chicken populations (138 chickens from 10 ...
5 gru 2012 · Our results revealed new complexities of history in chicken domestication because in the phylogeny lineages from the red junglefowl were mingled with those of the domestic chickens. Several...
