DNA from domesticated chickens is tainting genomes of wild red junglefowl (IMAGE)
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Red junglefowl are the wild ancestors of the chicken, and the two are known to readily admix. In their study, Wu et al. found evidence of a loss in wild genotype in the red junglefowl across the Anthropocene by comparing contemporary genomes with historic ones from approximately a century ago. In their native range in Southeast Asia, free-roaming red junglefowl exhibit domestic traits indicative of domestic introgression into the wild population (shown here). [Photo Courtesy of Yong Chee Keita Sin]
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Wu et al, 2023. CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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