Historic samples reveal loss of wild genotype through domestic chicken introgression during the Anthropocene.

Human activities have precipitated a rise in the levels of introgressive gene flow among animals. The investigation of conspecific populations at different time points may shed light on the magnitude of human-mediated introgression. We used the red junglefowl Gallus gallus, the wild ancestral form o...

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Main Authors: Meng Yue Wu, Giovanni Forcina, Gabriel Weijie Low, Keren R Sadanandan, Chyi Yin Gwee, Hein van Grouw, Shaoyuan Wu, Scott V Edwards, Maude W Baldwin, Frank E Rheindt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010551

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