Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species

Lawal, Raman A.; Al-Atiyat, Raed M.; Aljumaah, Riyadh S.; Silva, Pradeepa; Mwacharo, Joram M.; Hanotte, Olivier

doi:10.3389/fgene.2018.00264

All Outputs (2)

The role of local adaptation in sustainable production of village chickens (2018)
Journal Article

Village chickens are ubiquitous in smallholder farming systems, contributing to household, local and national economies under diverse environmental, economic and cultural settings. However, they are raised in challenging environments where productivi... Read More about The role of local adaptation in sustainable production of village chickens.

Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Lawal, Al-Atiyat, Aljumaah, Silva, Mwacharo and Hanotte. 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 contr... Read More about Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species.