Evolutional history and domestication of red jungle fowl: in the case of molecular phylogenetic study

• Project/Area Number: 26850212
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Integrative animal science
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture
• Principal Investigator: Sasaki Takeshi 東京農業大学, 農学部, 教授 (00581844)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 進化 / 分子系統 / セキショクヤケイ / 家畜化 / ミトコンドリアDNA / 分子系統解析 / 遺伝的多様性 / 系統地理 / ニワトリ / 進化生物学 / 国際情報交換 / タイ：アメリカ：イギリス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Currently, it is a controversial subject that an origin of chicken is either single origin occurred in the adjacent area of Thailand or multiple origin occurred in the multiple area of South and Southeast Asia. In this study, to elucidate the origin of chicken, we performed molecular phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial genome sequences. As a result, it was suggested that the chickens belonged to haplogroup D and F were derived from Myanmar and the chickens belonged to haplogroup E was derived from India. In conclusion, we suggested that the domestication of chickens occurred in at least two areas, namely Myanmar and India.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Kasetsart University(Thailand)
• [Journal Article] Geographical variation in the skeletal morphology of Red Jungle Fowl (2017)
  • Author(s): H. Endo, N. Tsunekawa, M. Sonoe, T. Sasaki, H. Ogawa, T. Amano, N. T. Son, V. Phimphachanhvongsod, K. Kudo, T. Yonezawa & F. Akishinonomiya
  • Journal Title: British Poultry Science Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 4 Pages: 348-357
  • DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2017.1311008
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Evolutionary History of the Extinct Otter Lived in Japanese Islands (2016)
  • Author(s): D. Waku and T Sasaki
  • Journal Title: Advanced Techniques in Biology & Medicine Volume: 4 Issue: 04
  • DOI: 10.4172/2379-1764.1000189
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Evaluating the phylogenetic status of the extinct Japanese Otter on the basis of mitochondrial genome analysis (2016)
  • Author(s): Waku, D., Segawa, T., Yonezawa, T., Akiyoshi, A., Ishige, T., Ueda, M., Ogawa, H., Sasaki, H., Ando, M., Kohno, N., Sasaki, T.
  • Journal Title: PLOS ONE Volume: 11
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 遺伝子解析に基づくセキショクヤケイの家畜化の起源に関する研究 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中野敬太、和田香織、米澤隆弘、山本義雄、Susan J. Lamont, Chanin Tirawattanawanich, 佐々木剛
  • Organizer: 生き物文化誌学会第13回学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 中央大学（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-27