Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

Jonas Eriksson (1) , Greger Larson (2) , Ulrika U. Gunnarsson (3) , Bertrand Bed'Hom (4) , Michèle Tixier-Boichard (4) , Lina Strömstedt , Dominic Wright , Annemieke Jungerius , Addie Vereijken , Ettore Randi (5) , Per Jensen (6) , Leif Andersson (7)

1 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology
2 University of Oxford
3 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology
4 GABI - Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative
5 ISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
6 FB C Theoretical Chemistry
7 Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology

Domaines: Biologie animale; Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie; Génétique

Jonas Eriksson, Greger Larson, Ulrika U. Gunnarsson, Bertrand Bed'Hom, Michèle Tixier-Boichard, et al.. Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken. PLoS Genetics, 2008, 4 (2), pp.e1000010. ⟨10.1371/journal.pgen.1000010⟩. ⟨hal-02360372⟩