Irina Moiseyeva
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Chicken breeds classification Russian breed of chickens
A time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together.
(Ecc. 3: 5)I am a leader of a group attended to the genetics of domestic fowl at the Laboratory of Animal Comparative Genetics (the chief is Professor I. A. Zakharov
).
The publications of our group related to the theme on quantitative genetics, genetic resources of domestic fowl, biochemical polymorphism, peculiarities of old Russian chicken breeds, biological diversity of domestic fowl (genetic, morphological, typological, man usage and others), gene geography, principles of chicken breed classification, chicken breed similarities.
The problem of the origin, distribution and evolution of domestic fowl is the main interest in our investigations during last two years.
The time has come to gather stones together. That's why we began to search material for the computer data bank of the ancient evidences (archaeological, ethnographical, etymological, ethnological, from ancient literature, art, religions and so on) of the domestic fowl origin and distribution. It consists now of about 150 points.
Everybody is invited to take part in the enlargement of this data bank. All together we shall build the mountain of scientific truths with the scattered facts and ideas.
At the end of this note I'll cite the words said by famous Russian chemist D. I. Mendeleyev:
«The time will come when all the world is comprehended in one science, one truth, one industry, one fraternity and one friendship with nature....This is my belief. It moves me ahead. It makes me strong. It is worth living for this achievements.»
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics - Moskow
1995
They are whistles from my collection.
They possess a magic meaning: they help persons
to avoid misfortunes by their whistle.
The brown cockerel at the left has white circle on the breast.
It is the symbol of the sun in the time of paganism.
