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OMIA:002637-9031 : Adaptation, environment, generic in Gallus gallus (chicken)

In other species: Atlantic herring , Mexican tetra , rainbow trout , Atlantic salmon , brown trout , Atlantic cod , Southern cod-icefishes , bullfrog , Asian annulated sea snake , swan goose , Great Tit , blackbird , Rhesus monkey , hamadryas baboon , dog , true foxes , Corsac fox , giant panda , saddleback dolphin , ass (donkey) , horse , pig , Bactrian camel , Arabian camel , reindeer , taurine cattle , indicine cattle (zebu) , goat , sheep , Mongolian gerbil , European seabass , Pacific ridley , snow leopard , polar bear , gayal , domestic yak , jerboas , Atlantic horse mackerel , muskox , woolly mammoth , marsupial mole , Common warthog , snowshoe hare , oriental stork , turbot , Clouded leopard , black snub-nosed monkey , Mountain hare , white-tailed jackrabbit , Steller's sea cow , Wuchang bream , water buffalo , kiang , Pacific saury , black-lipped pika , stone loach , pike icefish , smooth hammerhead , European sprat , Mongolian five-toed jerboa , Northern mole vole , Asiatic mouflon , snub-nosed monkeys , leafy seadragon

Categories: Normal phene

Single-gene trait/disorder: no

Disease-related: no

Key variant known: no

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:002637-9031: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2025 Banos, G., Girma, M., Solomon, B., Davoudi, P., Esatu, W., Dessie, T., Psifidi, A., Watson, K., Hanotte, O., Sánchez-Molano, E. :
Growth resilience to weather variation in commercial free-ranging chickens in Ethiopia. BMC Genomics 26:371, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40229704. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-025-11561-6.
Hu, Y., Li, X., Guo, Q., Huang, L., Bai, H., Chang, G. :
Genome sequencing reveals the adaptation of chickens to high altitudes in different regions. Animals (Basel) 15:265, 2025. Pubmed reference: 39858266. DOI: 10.3390/ani15020265.
2024 Bai, H., Zhao, N., Li, X., Ding, Y., Guo, Q., Chen, G., Chang, G. :
Whole-genome resequencing identifies candidate genes associated with heat adaptation in chickens. Poult Sci 103:S0032-5791(24)00718-1:104139, 2024. Pubmed reference: 39127007. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104139.
Kebede, F.G., Derks, M.F.L., Dessie, T., Hanotte, O., Barros, C.P., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A., Komen, H., Bastiaansen, J.W.M. :
Landscape genomics reveals regions associated with adaptive phenotypic and genetic variation in Ethiopian indigenous chickens. BMC Genomics 25:284, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38500079. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10193-6.
Mogano, R.R., Mpofu, T.J., Mtileni, B., Hadebe, K. :
South African indigenous chickens' genetic diversity, and the adoption of ecological niche modelling and landscape genomics as strategic conservation techniques. Poult Sci 104:S0032-5791(24)01086-1:104508, 2024. Pubmed reference: 39657468. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104508.
Morris, K.M., Sutton, K., Girma, M., Sánchez-Molano, E., Solomon, B., Esatu, W., Dessie, T., Vervelde, L., Psifidi, A., Hanotte, O., Banos, G. :
Phenotypic and genomic characterisation of performance of tropically adapted chickens raised in smallholder farm conditions in Ethiopia. Front Genet 15:1383609, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38706792. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1383609.
Nawaz, A.H., Setthaya, P., Feng, C. :
Exploring evolutionary adaptations and genomic advancements to improve heat tolerance in chickens. Animals (Basel) 14:2215, 2024. Pubmed reference: 39123741. DOI: 10.3390/ani14152215.
Xie, X.F., Wang, Z.Y., Zhong, Z.Q., Pan, D.Y., Hou, G.Y., Xiao, Q. :
Genome-wide scans for selection signatures in indigenous chickens reveal candidate genes associated with local adaptation. Animal 18:S1751-7311(24)00082-X:101151, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38701711. DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2024.101151.
Zhang, L., Li, H., Zhao, X., Wu, Y., Li, J., Yao, Y., Yao, Y., Wang, L. :
Whole genome resequencing reveals the adaptability of native chickens to drought, tropical and frigid environments in Xinjiang. Poult Sci 103:S0032-5791(24)00526-1:103947, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38986358. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103947.
Zhong, H., Zhu, L., Kong, X., Zhang, K., Tang, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, B., Gou, X. :
Characterization and comparative transcriptomic analysis of high-altitude adaptation in Tibetan chicken using RNA-sequencing. Poult Sci 104:S0032-5791(24)01327-0:104749, 2024. Pubmed reference: 39793236. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.104749.
2023 Feng, J., Zhu, W., Shi, H., Peng, D., Zang, L., Wang, Y., ZhaXi, L., BaiMa, J., Amevor, F.K., Wang, X., Ma, X., Zhao, X. :
Analysis of the selection signal of the Tibetan black chicken genome based on whole-genome sequencing. Genes (Basel) 14:1672, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37761812. DOI: 10.3390/genes14091672.
Gu, L.H., Wu, R.R., Zheng, X.L., Fu, A., Xing, Z.Y., Chen, Y.Y., He, Z.C., Lu, L.Z., Qi, Y.T., Chen, A.H., Zhang, Y.P., Xu, T.S., Peng, M.S., Ma, C. :
Genomic insights into local adaptation and phenotypic diversity of Wenchang chickens. Poult Sci 103:S0032-5791(23)00896-9:103376, 2023. Pubmed reference: 38228059. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103376.
Li, S., Zhang, X., Dong, X., Guo, R., Nan, J., Yuan, J., Schlebusch, C.M., Sheng, Z. :
Genetic structure and characteristics of Tibetan chickens. Poult Sci 102:102767, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37321029. DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102767.
Mastrangelo, S., Ben-Jemaa, S., Perini, F., Cendron, F., Biscarini, F., Lasagna, E., Penasa, M., Cassandro, M. :
Genome-wide mapping of signatures of selection using a high-density array identified candidate genes for growth traits and local adaptation in chickens. Genet Sel Evol 55:20, 2023. Pubmed reference: 36959552. DOI: 10.1186/s12711-023-00790-6.
Romanov, M.N., Abdelmanova, A.S., Fisinin, V.I., Gladyr, E.A., Volkova, N.A., Koshkina, O.A., Rodionov, A.N., Vetokh, A.N., Gusev, I.V., Anshakov, D.V., Stanishevskaya, O.I., Dotsev, A.V., Griffin, D.K., Zinovieva, N.A. :
Selective footprints and genes relevant to cold adaptation and other phenotypic traits are unscrambled in the genomes of divergently selected chicken breeds. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 14:35, 2023. Pubmed reference: 36829208. DOI: 10.1186/s40104-022-00813-0.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 27 Feb 2023