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Chicken domestication: from archeology to genomics.
Comptes rendus biologies - 1 Mar 2011
Tixier-Boichard Michèle, Bed'hom Bertrand, Rognon Xavier
Abstract excerpt
Current knowledge on chicken domestication is reviewed on the basis of archaeological, historical and molecular data. Several domestication centres have been identified in South and South-East Asia. Gallus gallus is the major ancestor species, but Gallus sonneratii has also contributed to the genetic make-up of the domestic chicken. Genetic diversity is now distributed among traditional populations, standardized...
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