A logical review of literature was conducted on Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
farming, consumption and potential of quail egg constituents for pharmacological use. While …

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 …

Around 10% of all table eggs number in the world come from quail and their meat represents
about 0.2% of the global poultry production. The domestic quail population involved in …

Simple Summary Artificial selection has been applied to domesticated birds for many
decades. More recently, this selection has made use of so-called single-nucleotide …

Background Chickens represent an important animal genetic resource and the conservation
of local breeds is an issue for the preservation of this resource. The genetic diversity of a …

Hybridization facilitated by human activities has dramatically altered the evolutionary
trajectories of threatened taxa around the globe. Whereas introduced mammalian predators …

The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) is a popular game species for which restocking with
farm-reared individuals is a common practice. In some areas, the number of released quails …

The global movement of bees for agricultural pollination services can affect local pollinator
populations via hybridization. When commercial bumblebees are of the same species but of …

C aptive‐bred mallards A nas platyrhynchos have been released for hunting purposes at a
very large scale in E urope since the mid‐1970s. In spite of a potential genetic impact, the …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a multi-family gene cluster that encodes
proteins with immuno-responsive function. While studies of MHC in domesticated poultry are …