Study of evolution and domestication of red jungle fowl in Southeast Asia

2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 15405034
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Applied animal science
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: OKAMOTO Shin Kagoshima University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (70158814)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MAEDA Yosizane Kagoshima University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (50041661) ; HAYASHI Yoshihiro The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Professor, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 教授 (90092303) ; HIGUCHI Hiroyoshi The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Professor, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 教授 (10111486) ; KAWABE Kotaro Kagoshima University, Frontier Science Research Center, Assistant Professor, フロンティアサイエンス推進センター, 助手 (70295278) ; SHIMOGIRI Takeshi Kagoshima University, Faculty of Agriculture, Assistant Professor, 農学部, 助手 (40315403)
• Project Period (FY): 2003 – 2005
• Keywords: jungle fowl / native chicken / Southeast Asia / subspecies / molecular genetics / population genetics / morphological character / domestication

Research Abstract

This research group on jungle fowl has been making morphological and genetic research activities on jungle fowl and native chickens in Asia. The aim of this study is to confirm the distribution of 3 subspecies of red jungle fowls in continental Southeast Asia, and to clarify the evolution and domestication of red jungle fowl in Southeast Asia.
A clear interrelationship has been confirmed between the result of hearing surveys on crossing with native chickens and red jungle fowl in Thailand.
From our result of analysis of D-loop region in three subspecies of red jungle, it was difficult to confirm the sole ancestor of domestic chicken. The domestication of jungle fowl is established in long and close interrelationship between the jungle fowl and the human being.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Gene constitution of South-East Asia native chickens, commercial chickens and jungle fowl using polymorphisms of four calpain genes. (2006)
  • Author(s): Okumura, F., Shimogiri, T., Kawabe, K., Okamoto, S., Nishibori, M., Yamamoto, Y., Maeda, Y.
  • Journal Title: Animal Science Journal 77・2 Pages: 188-195
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Gene constitution of South-east Asia native chickens, commercial chickens and jungle fowl using polymorphisms of four calpain genes. (2006)
  • Author(s): Okumura, F., Shimogiri, T., Kawabe, K., Okamoto, S., Nishibori, M., Yamamoto, Y., Maeda, Y.
  • Journal Title: Animal Science Journal 77(2) Pages: 188-195
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より