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Multiple maternal origins of chickens: out of the Asian jungles.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jan 2006
Liu Yi-Ping, Wu Gui-Sheng, Yao Yong-Gang, Miao Yong-Wang, Luikart Gordon, Baig Mumtaz, Beja-Pereira Albano, Ding Zhao-Li, Palanichamy Malliya Gounder, Zhang Ya-Ping
Abstract excerpt
Domestic chickens have long been important to human societies for food, religion, entertainment, and decorative uses, yet the origins and phylogeography of chickens through Eurasia remain uncertain. Here, we assessed their origins and phylogeographic history by analyzing the mitochondrial DNA hypervariable segment I (HVS-I) for 834 domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) across Eurasia as well as 66 wild red...
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