Moiseeva I G, Chzhan Iu G, Zakharov I A, Nikiforov A A
Genetika. 1996 Nov;32(11):1553-61.
The degree of similarity between chicken breeds of Mediterranean and Chinese origin, on one hand, and red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), on the other, was determined with respect to 35 discrete morphological traits. The results confirm the similarity between Mediterranean breeds and the wild form of Gallus gallus, noticed by many authors, and demonstrate the considerable typological diversity of Chinese chicken breeds. As certain ancient Chinese breeds clustered with Mediterranean breeds and wild fowl, the conclusion was drawn concerning the existence in ancient times of a chicken originating in Asia but resembling the Mediterranean type. This fact and several archeological findings provide evidence that the archetypal domestic chicken was of the light egg type. Centers of the origin and formation of domestic chicken types proved to coincide with certain centers of the origin of cultivated plant varieties discovered by N.I. Vavilov.
一方面，测定了地中海起源和中国起源的鸡品种与原鸡（红原鸡）之间在35个离散形态特征方面的相似程度。结果证实了许多作者所指出的地中海品种与原鸡野生形态之间的相似性，并表明中国鸡品种存在相当大的类型学多样性。由于某些中国古代品种与地中海品种和野生禽类聚在一起，得出了关于古代存在一种起源于亚洲但类似地中海类型的鸡的结论。这一事实和一些考古发现提供了证据，证明原始家鸡是轻蛋型。事实证明，家鸡品种的起源和形成中心与N.I.瓦维洛夫发现的某些栽培植物品种的起源中心相吻合。
