Background In response to ecological niche of domestication, domesticated mammals and
birds developed adaptively phenotypic homoplasy in behavior modifications like …

Despite the substantial role that chickens have played in human societies across the world,
both the geographic and temporal origins of their domestication remain controversial. To …

Domestication has resulted in immense phenotypic changes in animals despite their
relatively short evolutionary history. The European rabbit is one of the most recently …

The red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the main progenitor of domestic chicken, the commonest
livestock species, outnumbering humans by an approximate ratio of six to one. The genetic …

Background Species domestication is generally characterized by the exploitation of high-
impact mutations through processes that involve complex shifting demographics of …

According to current assemblies, avian genomes differ from those of the other lineages of
amniotes in 1) containing a lower number of genes; 2) displaying a high stability of …

Background Hybridisation and introgression play key roles in the evolutionary history of
animal species. They are commonly observed within several orders in wild birds. The …

Background There are hundreds of phenotypically distinguishable domestic chicken breeds
or lines with highly specialized traits worldwide, which provide a unique opportunity to …

Background Maintaining maximum genetic diversity and preserving breed viability in
conserved populations necessitates the rigorous evaluation of conservation schemes. Three …

Genome miniaturization drives key evolutionary innovations of adaptive traits in vertebrates,
such as the flight evolution of birds. However, whether similar evolutionary processes exist …