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Signals of selection and ancestry in independently feral Gallus gallus populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2024
Gering E, Johnsson M, Theunissen D, Martin Cerezo M L, Steep A, Getty T, Henriksen R, Wright D
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Recent work indicates that feralisation is not a simple reversal of domestication, and therefore raises questions about the predictability of evolution across replicated feral populations. In the present study we compare genes and traits of two independently established feral populations of chickens (Gallus gallus) that inhabit archipelagos within the Pacific and Atlantic regions to test for evolutionary...
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