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Junglefowl

Junglefowl meaning

Any of four semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds of the genus Gallus, native to southeast Asia, including the red junglefowl or domestic chicken.

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In history The red junglefowl An early domestication of chickens in Southeast Asia is probable, since the word for domestic chicken (*manuk) is part of the reconstructed Proto-Austronesian language (see Austronesian languages ).

Recent genetic analysis has revealed that at least the gene for yellow skin was incorporated into domestic birds through hybridization with the grey junglefowl (G.

The domestic chicken is descended primarily from the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and is scientifically classified as the same species. citation As such it can and does freely interbreed with populations of red jungle fowl.