Genomics of chicken domestication and feralisation

Domestication can serve as a study system of rapid evolutionary change with wide-ranging effects on traits in animals. The chicken was domesticated from the Red Junglefowl and has diverged in behaviour, morphology and life history traits. Conversely, feralisation is a more recent process when domest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnsson, Martin
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Biologi 2015
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-122280
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7685-932-2 (Print)