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Multiple maternal origins of chickens: Out of the Asian jungles

Liu, Yi-Ping, Wu, Gui-Sheng, Yao, Yong-Gang, Miao, Yong-Wang, Luikart, Gordon, Baig, Mumtaz, Beja-Pereira, Albano, Ding, Zhao-Li +2 more·2006·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Abstract

Domestic chickens have long been important to human societies for food, religion, entertainment, and decorative uses, yet the origins and phylogeography of chickens through Eurasia remain uncertain. Here, we assessed their origins and phylogeographic history by analyzing the mitochondrial DNA hypervariable segment I (HVS-I) for 834 domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) across Eurasia as well as 66 wild red jungle fowls (Gallus gallus) from Southeast Asia and China. Phylogenetic analyses revealed nine highly divergent mtDNA clades (A-I) in which seven clades contained both the red jungle fowls and domestic chickens. There was no breed-specific clade in the chickens. The clades A, B, and E are distributed ubiquitously in Eurasia, while the other clades were restricted to South and Southeast Asia. Clade C was mainly distributed in Japan and Southeast China, while clades F and G were exclusive to Yunnan, China. The geographic distribution of clade D was closely related to the distribution of the pastime of cock fighting. Statistical tests detect population expansion within each subclade. These distinct distribution patterns and expansion signatures suggest that different clades may originate from different regions, such as Yunnan, South and Southwest China and/or surrounding areas (i.e., Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand), and the Indian subcontinent, respectively, which support the theory of multiple origins in South and Southeast Asia.

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  • Chickens were primarily derived from the red junglefowl among the four extant junglefowl species.

    “Regarding their geographic origin, genetic studies have demonstrated that of the four extant junglefowl species, chickens were primarily derived from the red junglefowl (14, 15).”

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Liu, Y.-P., Wu, G.-S., Yao, Y.-G., Miao, Y.-W., Luikart, G., Baig, M., Beja-Pereira, A., Ding, Z.-L., Palanichamy, M. G., & Zhang, Y.-P.
Affiliations
  • Kunming Institute of Zoology (CN)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Government Vidarbha Institute of Science and Humanities (IN)
  • Yunnan University (CN)
Corresponding author
Zhang, Ya-Ping
Venue
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-01
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
12-19
ISSN
1055-7903 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2168760068
Cited by
444
References
17
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 22
FWCI
18.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Keywords
phylogeography, multiple origins, red junglefowl, chickens, mtDNA clades, population growth, cockfighting, Southeast Asia, Yunnan, Indian subcontinent
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Asia, Chickens, DNA, Mitochondrial, Biological Evolution, Haplotypes, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Poultry, Genetic Variation

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