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Record W4416443331 · doi:10.5376/be.2025.15.0021

Evolutionary Traits in Domestic and Wild Chickens Through Phylogenetic Markers

2025· article· W4416443331 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
QiQi Zhou, Shiqiang Huang

Bibliographic record

VenueBiological Evidence · 2025
Typearticle
Language
FieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences
TopicLivestock and Poultry Management
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsDomesticationPhylogenetic treeGene poolFeatherPhylogeneticsGeneMitochondrial DNAGenetic analysisClade

Abstract

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This study mainly aims to analyze the evolutionary differences between chickens and wild chickens. We focus on the morphological, physiological, behavioral and genetic changes during the domestication process. Some commonly used tools in research include whole-genome SNPS, mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites, etc. These can help us observe the differentiation and gene exchange between domestic chickens and wild free-range chickens. It was found that domestic chickens exhibited distinct domesticated characteristics in terms of body size, feather color, breeding season, metabolism and response to humans. These changes are closely related to some key genes, such as TSHR, BCO2 and IGF1. In addition, the genes of domestic chickens are also mixed with components from other wild species such as the grey pheasant, making their genetic background more diverse. Phylogenetic analysis also indicates that the domestication and spread of domestic chickens were not accomplished in one go, but rather involved multiple origins and complex gene exchanges, which is why there are significant differences among domestic chicken breeds in different regions. The purpose of this review is to better understand the mechanism and genetic basis of domestic chicken domestication, and also to provide some references for poultry breeding and conservation.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.004

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.002
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.047
GPT teacher head0.282
Teacher spread0.235 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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