Thinking chickens: a review of cognition, emotion, and behavior in the domestic chicken

L Marino - Animal cognition, 2017 - Springer
Domestic chickens are members of an order, Aves, which has been the focus of a revolution
in our understanding of neuroanatomical, cognitive, and social complexity. At least some …

[HTML][HTML] An updated review on chicken eggs: production, consumption, management aspects and nutritional benefits to human health

K Zaheer - Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2015 - scirp.org
Ancestors of the modern chicken were domesticated from members of the Gallus genus
probably 7 to 8 thousand years ago in southeastern Asia. Subsequently, they spread …

Early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China

H Xiang, J Gao, B Yu, H Zhou, D Cai… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Chickens represent by far the most important poultry species, yet the number, locations, and
timings of their domestication have remained controversial for more than a century. Here we …

A genome-wide scan to identify signatures of selection in two Iranian indigenous chicken ecotypes

E Rostamzadeh Mahdabi, A Esmailizadeh… - Genetics Selection …, 2021 - Springer
Background Various regions of the chicken genome have been under natural and artificial
selection for thousands of years. The substantial diversity that exits among chickens from …

Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015Prepared by

M Schmid, J Smith, DW Burt, BL Aken… - … and genome research, 2015 - karger.com
Following on from the First Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes [Schmid et al.,
2000] and the Second Report in 2005 [Schmid et al., 2005], we are pleased to publish this …

Sophisticated fowl: the complex behaviour and cognitive skills of chickens and red junglefowl

L Garnham, H Løvlie - Behavioral Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The world's most numerous bird, the domestic chicken, and their wild ancestor, the red
junglefowl, have long been used as model species for animal behaviour research. Recently …

Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in two domestic chickens

WL Fan, CS Ng, CF Chen, MYJ Lu… - Genome biology and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Domestic chickens are excellent models for investigating the genetic basis of phenotypic
diversity, as numerous phenotypic changes in physiology, morphology, and behavior in …

Global diversity and genetic contributions of chicken populations from a frican, a sian and e uropean regions

CM Lyimo, A Weigend, PL Msoffe, H Eding… - Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity and population structure of 113 chicken populations from Africa, Asia and
Europe were studied using 29 microsatellite markers. Among these, three populations of …

Whole genome SNP discovery and analysis of genetic diversity in Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

ML Aslam, JWM Bastiaansen, MG Elferink, HJ Megens… - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an important agricultural species
and the second largest contributor to the world's poultry meat production. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] The study of selection signature and its applications on identification of candidate genes using whole genome sequencing data in chicken—a review

SF Bello, RA Lawal, AC Adeola, Q Nie - Poultry science, 2023 - Elsevier
Chicken is a major source of protein for the increasing human population and is useful for
research purposes. There are almost 1,600 distinct regional breeds of chicken across the …