The impact of global warming on poultry production has gained significant attention over the
years. However, our current knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms through …

Chicken is a major source of protein for the increasing human population and is useful for
research purposes. There are almost 1,600 distinct regional breeds of chicken across the …

Background Various regions of the chicken genome have been under natural and artificial
selection for thousands of years. The substantial diversity that exits among chickens from …

The duration-of-fertility (DF), which was defined as the number of days when breeding hens
lay fertile eggs following copulation or artificial insemination (AI), is an important economic …

Gamecock chickens are one of the earliest recorded birds in China, and have accumulated
some unique morphological and behavioral signatures such as large body size, muscularity …

Chicken feed efficiency (FE) traits are the most important economic traits in broiler
production. Several studies evaluating genetic factors affecting food consumption in …

Identifying the molecular mechanisms involved in rapid adaptation to novel environments
and determining their predictability are central questions in evolutionary biology and …

In the poultry industry, broiler and layer strains are genetically selected for different purposes
(eg, high meat-yield and high egg-production). Genetic selection for productivity can have …

Copy number variation (CNV) is an important genetic mechanism that drives evolution and
generates new phenotypic variations. To explore the impact of CNV on chicken …

Social memory processing requires functional CA2 neurons, however the specific
mechanisms that regulate their activity are poorly understood. Here, we document that …