863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken

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Wang, Ming-Shan and Thakur, Mukesh and Peng, Min-Sheng and Jiang, Yu and Frantz, Laurent Alain François and Li, Ming and Zhang, Jin-Jin and Wang, Sheng and Peters, Joris and Otecko, Newton Otieno and Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon and Guo, Xing and Zheng, Zhu-Qing and Esmailizadeh, Ali and Hirimuthugoda, Nalini Yasoda and Ashari, Hidayat and Suladari, Sri and Zein, Moch Syamsul Arifin and Kusza, Szilvia and Sohrabi, Saeed and Kharrati-Koopaee, Hamed and Shen, Quan-Kuan and Zeng, Lin and Yang, Min-Min and Wu, Ya-Jiang and Yang, Xing-Yan and Lu, Xue-Mei and Jia, Xin-Zheng and Nie, Qing-Hua and Lamont, Susan Joy and Lasagna, Emiliano and Ceccobelli, Simone and Gunwardana, Humpita Gamaralalage Thilini Nisank and Senasige, Thilina Madusanka and Feng, Shao-Hong and Si, Jing-Fang and Zhang, Hao and Jin, Jie-Qiong and Li, Ming-Li and Liu, Yan-Hu and Chen, Hong-Man and Ma, Cheng and Dai, Shan-Shan and Bhuiyan, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque and Khan, Muhammad Sajjad and Silva, Gamamada Liyanage Lalanie Pradeepa and Le, Thi-Thuy and Mwai, Okeyo Ally and Ibrahim, Mohamed Nawaz Mohamed and Supple, Megan and Shapiro, Beth and Hanotte, Olivier and Zhang, Guojie and Larson, Greger and Han, Jian-Lin and Wu, Dong-Dong and Zhang, Ya-Ping (2020) 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken. Cell Research, 30 (8). pp. 693-701. ISSN 1001-0602

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-020-0349-y

Abstract

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 address this issue, we analyzed 863 genomes from a worldwide sampling of chickens and representatives of all four species of wild jungle fowl and each of the five subspecies of red jungle fowl (RJF). Our study suggests that domestic chickens were initially derived from the RJF subspecies Gallus gallus spadiceus whose present-day distribution is predominantly in southwestern China, northern Thailand and Myanmar. Following their domestication, chickens were translocated across Southeast and South Asia where they interbred locally with both RJF subspecies and other jungle fowl species. In addition, our results show that the White Leghorn chicken breed possesses a mosaic of divergent ancestries inherited from other subspecies of RJF. Despite the strong episodic gene flow from geographically divergent lineages of jungle fowls, our analyses show that domestic chickens undergo genetic adaptations that underlie their unique behavioral, morphological and reproductive traits. Our study provides novel insights into the evolutionary history of domestic chickens and a valuable resource to facilitate ongoing genetic and functional investigations of the world’s most numerous domestic animal.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Medicine & Biology
Depositing User:	Mrs Titi Herawati
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2025 03:45
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2025 03:45
URI:	https://karya.brin.go.id/id/eprint/54469

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