The study of chicken genetics in relation to meat quality has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that integrates molecular genetics, nutrition, and animal husbandry. Advanced genetic selection and ...

AMES, Iowa – Animal science faculty members at Iowa State University are studying the genetic makeup of chickens in Africa in an effort to improve nutrition and alleviate food scarcity across the ...

The contemporary chicken was most probably developed from its main wild ancestor, the red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), after its domestication in Southeast Asia in 3,200 BC. Over the years, chicken ...

AMES (AP) - Iowa State University is working to safeguard the genetic material of what researchers consider an irreplaceable collection of research chickens. The ISU Poultry Research Center houses ...

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 ...

The Egyptian Fayoumi is thought to be a particularly ancient breed of chicken. An international team has now developed the first map of gene regulation in chickens, potentially opening the way to find ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — The first chicken to ever cross the ...

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 ...

The first chicken to ever cross the road was likely in Southeast Asia, new research has revealed. Despite the prevalence of chickens – they outnumber all other birds on the planet with approximately ...