Chicken DNA is replacing the genetics of their ancestral jungle fowl
The foul mix could hurt wild birds’ long-term survival and the ability to breed better chickens
![a wild red jungle fowl, which looks like a colorful rooster, standing in a forest](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/011723_JB_junglefowl_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Wild red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) range throughout South and Southeast Asia, where they are interbreeding with domesticated chickens.
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