Charles Darwin maintained that the domesticated chicken descended from the red jungle fowl, but new research now shows that the wild origins of the chicken are more complicated. The researchers mapped ...
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of genetic mutations accumulated over thousands of years have transformed the red jungle fowl of South Asia into the domesticated chickens that are fixtures on farms - and ...
Contrafreeloading (CFL), i.e. choosing food which requires work over free food, occurs at a higher rate in red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) compared to White Leghorn layers. We examined whether this ...
Charles Darwin maintained that the domesticated chicken derives from the red jungle fowl, but new research from Uppsala University now shows that the wild origins of the chicken are more complicated ...
Gujarat’s jungles will be reintroduced to the near-extinct feathered friend, the red jungle fowl. Subjected to human cupidity, both in terms of its narrowing habitats and rampant poaching, the bird ...