Genetic features of red and green junglefowls and relationship with Indonesian native chickens Sumatera and Kedu Hitam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than 2,500 breeds of chicken are reared throughout the world as a source of eggs or meat and as pets. The primary ancestor of the present domestic chicken is widely believed to be the red junglefowl, although genetic contributions from other junglefowls cannot be excluded entirely. The reference genome for chicken was obtained from a red junglefowl, the genetic purity of which has been debated. There is, at present, insufficient data to resolve these interesting issues.

Results

In this study, we performed whole-genome sequencing to compare various species and breeds of chicken, including wild red and green junglefowl, as well as the Indonesian native chickens Sumatera and Kedu Hitam and their respective descendants, the American Black Sumatra and Black Java.

SUBMITTER: Ulfah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4855759 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature