The chicken analyzed was a red jungle jowl, Gallus gallus, from which all domesticated chickens were bred starting thousands of years ago. Consortium members have only just begun to peck at the ...

Chicken DNA is replacing the genetics of their ancestral jungle fowl. The foul mix could hurt wild birds’ long-term survival and the ability to breed better chickens.

Commercial Poultry Lack Genetic Diversity, Are Vulnerable To Avian Flu And Other Threats Date: November 12, 2008 Source: Purdue University Summary: ...

University of Nottingham. (2013, August 20). Unscrambling the genetics of the chicken's 'blue' egg. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 08 ...

More information: Dailu Guan et al, Genetic regulation of gene expression across multiple tissues in chickens, Nature Genetics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02155-9 Provided by UC Davis ...

The first chicken to ever cross the road was likely in Southeast Asia, new research has revealed. Despite the prevalence of chickens – they outnumber all other birds on the planet with ...

Now new discoveries in chicken genetics and biology are shedding light on the basis of these abnormalities in both birds and humans. The work, by a team including University of California, Davis, ...

Iowa State's Susan Lamont (right) and Jack Dekkers (left), pictured here in Morogoro, Tanzania, are studying the genetics of African chickens to better understand resistance to disease and heat stress ...

Blue Apron’s Co-Founder Wants to Sell America Better Chickens. Just two chicken breeder groups control a large part of the world’s chicken genetics.