Epigenetics linked to genetic differences between domesticated and wild chickens

(Link ö ping University) Some of the genetic differences that have arisen between domesticated chickens and their wild ancestors, the red junglefowl, are linked to epigenetic changes, according to a new study published in Nature Ecology& Evolution. Scientists at Link ö ping University, Sweden, have discovered a small number of " hotspots " in the DNA that control epigenetic changes at hundreds of other locations throughout the genome.
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