The red junglefowl – the wild ancestor of the chicken – is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds, according to a new study led by Frank Rheindt of the National ...

Everyone has heard the joke, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” But did you ever wonder who the original “chicken” was? All domesticated chickens had to come from somewhere, even the topic of this ...

We obtained 46 pairs of pig and wild boar data and 59 pairs of chicken and red junglefowl data from public databases. By integrating and analyzing these data, we conducted comparative analyses of ...

Genetically modified chickens could be the key to protecting endangered species and bringing back extinct ones, scientists say. Researchers in the US plan to replace sections of DNA in chick embryos ...

The red junglefowl -- the wild ancestor of the chicken -- is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds, according to a new study. The red junglefowl -- the wild ancestor of ...