Local chicken breeds can help farming adapt to climate change

Local chicken breeds are not only part of our farming heritage. They can also help farmers prepare for hotter, drier or more variable conditions.

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Local chicken breeds are not only part of our farming heritage. They can also help farmers prepare for hotter, drier or more variable conditions. In this study, researchers compared the DNA of 25 local chicken breeds from six countries - Egypt, France, Iceland, Ivory Coast, Norway, Russia - with the climate conditions. The aim was to see whether some breeds carry useful genetic traits linked to adaptation to temperature, rainfall and altitude.

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Project

GEroNIMO

GEroNIMO: Genome and Epigenome eNabled breedIng in MOnogastrics

Location
Europe
Authors
GEroNIMO
Purpose
Other

File type
document
Created on
May 31, 2026
Origin language
English
Official project website
License
CC BY-NC-ND