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 ...

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 ...

Biologists originally classified the lesser and greater prairie chickens of the Great Plains as two different species.

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 ...

The study of chicken genetics in relation to meat quality has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that integrates molecular genetics, nutrition, and animal husbandry. Advanced genetic selection ...

Red junglefowl, ancestors of wild chickens, are known to mix with domestic birds. Wu et al., 2023. CC BY-SA 4.0 Farmyards and backyards across Asia are filled to the brim with clucking, strutting ...

Like tiny molecular scissors, Crispr allows scientists to make targeted cuts to an organism’s genetic code. The UK team used the technology to tweak a chicken gene that is responsible for ...