Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Origin of Domestic Chickens

By Bob Yirka, Phys. Org


June 29, 2020 -- [There is strong genome] evidence of an origin in southwestern parts of China, northern Thailand and Myanmar. In either event, once the bird was domesticated, all agree it was transported and bred on every continent except Antarctica.

Understanding chickens is important: they not only represent the most populous bird (they outnumber other species by a very large number) but they also represent the single largest source of animal protein in the human diet. They have also played a major role in human migration history.

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