TY - JOUR

T1 - 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken

AU - Wang, Ming Shan

AU - Thakur, Mukesh

AU - Peng, Min-Sheng

AU - Jiang, Yu

AU - Frantz, Laurent Alain François

AU - Li, Ming

AU - Zhang, Jin-Jin

AU - Wang, Sheng

AU - Peters, Joris

AU - Otecko, Newton Otieno

AU - Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon

AU - Guo, Xing

AU - Zheng, Zhu-Qing

AU - Esmailizadeh, Ali

AU - Hirimuthugoda, Nalini Yasoda

AU - Ashari, Hidayat

AU - Suladari, Sri

AU - Zein, Moch Syamsul Arifin

AU - Kusza, Szilvia

AU - Sohrabi, Saeed

AU - Kharrati-Koopaee, Hamed

AU - Shen, Quan-Kuan

AU - Zeng, Lin

AU - Yang, Min-Min

AU - Wu, Ya-Jiang

AU - Yang, Xing-Yan

AU - Lu, Xue-Mei

AU - Jia, Xin-Zheng

AU - Nie, Qing-Hua

AU - Lamont, Susan Joy

AU - Lasagna, Emiliano

AU - Ceccobelli, Simone

AU - Gunwardana, Humpita Gamaralalage Thilini Nisanka

AU - Senasige, Thilina Madusanka

AU - Feng, Shao-Hong

AU - Si, Jing-Fang

AU - Zhang, Hao

AU - Jin, Jie-Qiong

AU - Li, Ming-Li

AU - Liu, Yan-Hu

AU - Chen, Hong-Man

AU - Ma, Cheng

AU - Dai, Shan-Shan

AU - Bhuiyan, Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque

AU - Khan, Muhammad Sajjad

AU - Silva, Gamamada Liyanage Lalanie Pradeepa

AU - Le, Thi-Thuy

AU - Mwai, Okeyo Ally

AU - Ibrahim, Mohamed Nawaz Mohamed

AU - Supple, Megan

AU - Shapiro, Beth

AU - Hanotte, Olivier

AU - Zhang, Guojie

AU - Larson, Greger

AU - Han, Jian-Lin

AU - Wu, Dong-Dong

AU - Zhang, Ya-Ping

N1 - Author Correction: 863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken DOI: 10.1038/s41422-020-0380-z

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Despite the substantial role that chickens have played in human societies across the world, both the geographic and temporal origins of their domestication remain controversial. To address this issue, we analyzed 863 genomes from a worldwide sampling of chickens and representatives of all four species of wild jungle fowl and each of the five subspecies of red jungle fowl (RJF). Our study suggests that domestic chickens were initially derived from the RJF subspecies Gallus gallus spadiceus whose present-day distribution is predominantly in southwestern China, northern Thailand and Myanmar. Following their domestication, chickens were translocated across Southeast and South Asia where they interbred locally with both RJF subspecies and other jungle fowl species. In addition, our results show that the White Leghorn chicken breed possesses a mosaic of divergent ancestries inherited from other subspecies of RJF. Despite the strong episodic gene flow from geographically divergent lineages of jungle fowls, our analyses show that domestic chickens undergo genetic adaptations that underlie their unique behavioral, morphological and reproductive traits. Our study provides novel insights into the evolutionary history of domestic chickens and a valuable resource to facilitate ongoing genetic and functional investigations of the world’s most numerous domestic animal.

AB - Despite the substantial role that chickens have played in human societies across the world, both the geographic and temporal origins of their domestication remain controversial. To address this issue, we analyzed 863 genomes from a worldwide sampling of chickens and representatives of all four species of wild jungle fowl and each of the five subspecies of red jungle fowl (RJF). Our study suggests that domestic chickens were initially derived from the RJF subspecies Gallus gallus spadiceus whose present-day distribution is predominantly in southwestern China, northern Thailand and Myanmar. Following their domestication, chickens were translocated across Southeast and South Asia where they interbred locally with both RJF subspecies and other jungle fowl species. In addition, our results show that the White Leghorn chicken breed possesses a mosaic of divergent ancestries inherited from other subspecies of RJF. Despite the strong episodic gene flow from geographically divergent lineages of jungle fowls, our analyses show that domestic chickens undergo genetic adaptations that underlie their unique behavioral, morphological and reproductive traits. Our study provides novel insights into the evolutionary history of domestic chickens and a valuable resource to facilitate ongoing genetic and functional investigations of the world’s most numerous domestic animal.

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-020-0380-z

U2 - 10.1038/s41422-020-0349-y

DO - 10.1038/s41422-020-0349-y

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 32581344

AN - SCOPUS:85086770838

VL - 30

SP - 693

EP - 701

JO - Cell Research

JF - Cell Research

SN - 1001-0602

IS - 8

ER -