Domestic chicken diversity: Origin, distribution, and adaptation

RA Lawal, O Hanotte - Animal Genetics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chicken is the most numerous among the domesticated livestock species. Across cultures,
religions, and societies, chicken is widely accepted with little or no taboo compared to other …

The Chicken Pan-Genome Reveals Gene Content Variation and a Promoter Region Deletion in IGF2BP1 Affecting Body Size

K Wang, H Hu, Y Tian, J Li, A Scheben… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Domestication and breeding have reshaped the genomic architecture of chicken, but the
retention and loss of genomic elements during these evolutionary processes remain …

Fourth report on chicken genes and chromosomes 2022

J Smith, JM Alfieri, N Anthony, P Arensburger… - … and genome research, 2023 - karger.com
The chicken continues to hold its position as a leading model organism within many areas of
research, as well as being a major source of protein for human consumption. The First …

[HTML][HTML] Whole genome analyses reveal novel genes associated with chicken adaptation to tropical and frigid environments

S Shi, D Shao, L Yang, Q Liang, W Han, Q Xue… - Journal of advanced …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Investigating the genetic footprints of historical temperature selection can get
insights to the local adaptation and feasible influences of climate change on long-term …

How array design creates SNP ascertainment bias

J Geibel, C Reimer, S Weigend, A Weigend, T Pook… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), genotyped with arrays, have become a widely
used marker type in population genetic analyses over the last 10 years. However, compared …

Genome-wide population genetic analysis of commercial, indigenous, game, and wild chickens using 600K SNP microarray data

J Zhang, C Nie, X Li, Z Ning, Y Chen, Y Jia, J Han… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Following chicken domestication, diversified chicken breeds were developed by both natural
and artificial selection, which led to the accumulation of abundant genetic and phenotypic …

Managing genetic diversity in breeding programs of small populations: the case of French local chicken breeds

G Restoux, X Rognon, A Vieaud, D Guemene… - Genetics Selection …, 2022 - Springer
Background On-going climate change will drastically modify agriculture in the future, with a
need for more sustainable systems, in particular regarding animal production. In this context …

Improving imputation quality in BEAGLE for crop and livestock data

T Pook, M Mayer, J Geibel, S Weigend… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Imputation is one of the key steps in the preprocessing and quality control protocol of any
genetic study. Most imputation algorithms were originally developed for the use in human …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide analysis reveals the patterns of genetic diversity and population structure of 8 Italian local chicken breeds

F Cendron, S Mastrangelo, M Tolone, F Perini… - Poultry science, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to conduct a genome-wide comparative analysis of 8 local Italian
chicken breeds (Ermellinata di Rovigo, Millefiori di Lonigo [PML], Polverara Bianca …

Chicken genetic diversity, improvement strategies and impacts on egg productivity in Ethiopia: a review

C Chebo, S Betsha, A Melesse - World's Poultry Science Journal, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Chicken production is a vital part of livestock production in Ethiopia. Amongst others, it
provides economic, cultural and religious benefits. With few intensive chicken farms in and …