Understanding the cryptic introgression and mixed ancestry of Red Junglefowl in India

• Mukesh Thakur ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: thamukesh@gmail.com (MT); ssk@wii.gov.in (SS)

  Current address: Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

  Affiliations Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun,Uttarakhand, India, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2609-7579

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• Merwyn Fernandes,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current address: TRAFFIC, C/o WWF India Secretariat, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, India.

  Affiliation Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun,Uttarakhand, India

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• Sambandam Sathyakumar ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thamukesh@gmail.com (MT); ssk@wii.gov.in (SS)

  Affiliation Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun,Uttarakhand, India

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• Sujeet K. Singh,

  Roles Data curation, Software

  Affiliation Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun,Uttarakhand, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-1328

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• Ramesh Kumar Vijh,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), G.T. Road Bye Pass, Near Basant Vihar, Karnal, Haryana, India

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• Jianlin Han,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliations CAAS—ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, P.R. China, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Dong-Dong Wu,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China

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• Ya-Ping Zhang

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China

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