Temminck's Gallus giganteus; a gigantic obstacle to Darwin's theory of domesticated fowl origin?
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Issue date
2020-09-21Submitted date
2021-02-09Subject Terms
Domestic fowlsAncestral species
Polyphyletic origin theory
Monophyletic origin theory
Cochin China fowl
Coenraad Jacob Temminck
Edward Blyth
Charles Darwin
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In 1813, based on the single foot of a large chicken, Temminck named a ‘new' species of junglefowl, Gallus giganteus. He considered this ‘species’ the ancestor of several large domesticated chicken breeds and believed it was one of six wild ancestral species of domestic fowl. Temminck's hypothesis was rejected by Blyth who thought Red Junglefowl G. gallus was the sole ancestor. The arrival into Britain of several very large Asian chicken breeds in the mid-19th century led to speculation that Temminck's G. giganteus may have been their wild ancestor. Darwin, who had initially agreed with Blyth, noted several peculiarities in the Cochin, a large Asian breed, which he concluded might not have been achieved by selective breeding, and questioned whether G. giganteus was involved in their ancestry. Temminck's giant junglefowl appeared to be a significant hurdle for Darwin in his effort to prove a single ancestral origin for domestic chickens.Citation
Hein van Grouw and Wim Dekkers "Temminck's Gallus giganteus; a gigantic obstacle to Darwin's theory of domesticated fowl origin?," Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 140(3), 321-334, (21 September 2020). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v140i3.2020.a5Publisher
British Ornithologists' ClubType
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© 2020 The Authors; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ISSN
0007-1595ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.25226/bboc.v140i3.2020.a5
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