Reevaluation of early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China

Eda, Masaki; Lü, Peng; Kikuchi, Hiroe; Li, Zhipeng; Fan, Li; Yuan, Jing

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2016.01.012

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“…Among birds, chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are the most important source of protein for many societies all over the world. [1][2][3][4] Current ideas on when and how fowl domestication occurred continue to be revised. Traditionally, domestication of fowl has been hypothesized to have happened around 6000-5000 BCE.…”

Section: Chicken Breedsmentioning

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“…3 A proposed earlier event of domestication around 8000 BCE in northern China, based on mtDNA analysis, 5 remains debated. [4][5][6][7] The main ancestor of domestic chicken is the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), but a contribution from at least two other Gallus species (Grey junglefowl: Gallus sonneratii and Sri Lankan junglefowl: Gallus lafayetii) has been postulated. [8][9][10] Several "domestication centres" of chicken have been identified in South and South-East Asia.…”

Section: Chicken Breedsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among birds, chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus ) are the most important source of protein for many societies all over the world . Current ideas on when and how fowl domestication occurred continue to be revised.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Traditionally, domestication of fowl has been hypothesized to have happened around 6000‐5000 bce . A proposed earlier event of domestication around 8000 bce in northern China, based on mtDNA analysis, remains debated . The main ancestor of domestic chicken is the red junglefowl ( Gallus gallus ), but a contribution from at least two other Gallus species (Grey junglefowl: Gallus sonneratii and Sri Lankan junglefowl: Gallus lafayetii ) has been postulated .…”

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Morphological diversity of integumentary traits in fowl domestication: Insights from disparity analysis and embryonic development

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Aguirre-Fernández

Steiner

et al. 2019

Developmental Dynamics

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The domestication of the fowl resulted in a large diversity of integumental structures in chicken breeds. Several integumental traits have been investigated from a developmental genetics perspective. However, their distribution among breeds and their developmental morphology remain unexplored. We constructed a discrete trait‐breed matrix and conducted a disparity analysis to investigate the variation of these structures in chicken breeds; 20 integumental traits of 72 chicken breeds and the red junglefowl were assessed. The analyses resulted in slight groupings of breed types comparable to standard breed classification based on artificial selection and chicken type use. The red junglefowl groups together with bantams and European breeds. We provide new data on the red junglefowl and four chicken breeds, demonstrating where and when variation arises during embryonic development. We document variation in developmental timing of the egg tooth and feather formation, as well as other kinds of developmental patterning as in the anlagen of different type of combs. Changes in epithelial‐mesenchymal signaling interactions may drive the highly diverse integument in chickens. Experimental and comparative work has revealed that the cranial neural crest mesenchyme mediates its interactions with the overlying epithelium and is the likely source of patterning that generates diversity in integumental structures.

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Section: Chicken Breedsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Chicken Breedsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Morphological diversity of integumentary traits in fowl domestication: Insights from disparity analysis and embryonic development

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Aguirre-Fernández

Steiner

et al. 2019

Developmental Dynamics

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“…As with many other domesticates, the location and exact time for domestication is still debated [53,54]. Mitochondrial sequences suggest several different domestication events for Red Junglefowl [55,56].…”

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Chicken domestication : Effects of tameness on brain gene expression and DNA methylation

Bélteky¹

2016

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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Domestication greatly increases phenotypic variation in a short time span, with selection for a single phenotype and a plethora of associated phenotypic changes as an outcome of the process. The domestication process influences the underlying genomic architecture of a species, and the success and speed of the process is likely influenced by it. The main aims of my thesis was to study how domestication affects the brain of chickens: specifically changes in morphology, gene expression, and DNA methylation. Differences in gene expression and DNA methylation between White Leghorn and Red Junglefowl chickens were mapped, and inheritance of these patterns were quantified, indicating a faithful transmission of breed-specific epigenetic markers. Selection on the behavioral trait fearfulness, generated high and low fearful lines of Red Junglefowl. Both the parental population and the fifth selected generation were used for the analyses in this thesis. One experiment studied morphological changes in the brain and other vital organs, and found that relative total brain size increased in high fearful birds, as a consequence of an increase in cerebral hemisphere size in high fearful birds and not in low fearful birds. Also, the relative heart, liver, spleen and testis size increased in high fearful birds, indicating correlated morphological changes with selection for fearfulness. Two additional experiments examined differential gene expression in the hypothalamus and the anterior cerebral hemisphere. The hypothalamus differed in expression of genes with reproductive and immunological functions, whilst the cerebral hemisphere differed in expression of genes related to social behaviors and neurological functions especially those upregulated in low fearful birds. These results indicate the occurrence of tissue-and species-specific changes in gene expression as overlap with other domestication events were nearly nonexistent. A fourth experiment sought to associate the change in fear levels and gene expression differences with DNA methylation. Chromosomal regions with differential DNA methylation between high and low fearful birds were identified, and genes in these regions had annotated functions relevant to phenotypic differences between the selection lines. This thesis is the first to study the genetic alterations of domestication using the wild ancestor of an already domesticated species to repeat the domestication process selecting against fear of humans. The findings corroborate results from previous comparisons of wild and domestic animals, and further support the theory that rigorous selection for a behavioral trait can cause a cascade of genetic and epigenetic changes facilitating the domestication of a population. Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattningDomesticering, när en population djur anpassas till ett liv i fångenskap och nära kontakt med människor, är en process som under kort tid ger upphov till stora förändringar hos djuret under selektion, såsom skillnader i beteende, fysiologi, storlek, reproduktion och fä...

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The history of chicken and other bird exploitation in Thailand: Preliminary analysis of bird remains from four archaeological sites

Eda

Shoocongdej

Auetrakulvit

et al. 2019

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The origin of the domestication of chicken Gallus gallus domesticus is still a subject of debate. It principally originates from the red junglefowl G. gallus, which is distributed throughout Southeast Asia and South China. However, the prehistoric exploitation of chicken and red junglefowl in Southeast Asia has remained unclear due to a small number of samples for bone analysis. In this study, we analysed bird remains from four archaeological sites in Thailand: Ban Hua Ud (4,000–3,000 bp), Long Long Rak (1,900–1,600 bp), Ban Non Wat (3,750–1,500 bp), and Keed Kin (fifth–11th Century A.D.). Bones from pheasants/fowls (Phasianidae), storks (Ciconiidae), cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae), crows (Corvidae), and passerines (Passeriformes) were found. A small number of stork bones were found at three lowland sites, with none found at Long Long Rak. Cormorant bones were dominant at Ban Hua Ud but were only found at that site. Pheasant/fowl bones were found at all sites except Ban Hua Ud and dominated the number of identified specimens, suggesting that they were the most commonly used bird, at least after the Iron Age. Morphological bone identification criteria for the 24 Phasianidae species in Thailand have not been established; ancient DNA analysis is required to differentiate chicken/red junglefowl bone from other indigenous pheasants/fowls. It is obvious that mitochondrial DNA remained unchanged in the early stages of the domestication process. Further studies combining ancient DNA and morphological analyses are required to judge whether all of the candidate chicken bones are indeed from red junglefowl or chicken. Although these results are regionally and temporally restricted, they give important quantitative information on bird exploitation during the Neolithic and early historic Dvaravadi periods in Thailand.

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Reevaluation of early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China

Cited by 76 publications

References 10 publications

Morphological diversity of integumentary traits in fowl domestication: Insights from disparity analysis and embryonic development

Morphological diversity of integumentary traits in fowl domestication: Insights from disparity analysis and embryonic development

Chicken domestication : Effects of tameness on brain gene expression and DNA methylation

The history of chicken and other bird exploitation in Thailand: Preliminary analysis of bird remains from four archaeological sites

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