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May 5, 2021 · Scrimshaw ( 1984 Table 1, p. 445) in regard to over 100 societies undertaking infanticide, includes the cases above but also lists: mentally incapable mothers; disliked or unattractive infants and children; and the child of a hated father. As noted above, one important domestication syndrome trait was face shortening.
- Erik O. Kimbrough, Gordon M. Myers, Arthur J. Robson
- 2021
Dec 22, 2020 · Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance occurs largely as a result of the influence of various toxins and dietary regimes (such as prenatal famine) [15,16,17,18], and although it has been poorly studied in domesticated (domestic) animals, it still cannot explain the domestication syndrome.
- Goran Šimić, Vana Vukić, Janja Kopić, Željka Krsnik, Patrick R Hof
- 10.3390/biom11010002
- 2020
- Biomolecules. 2021 Jan; 11(1): 2.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Background Studies of domestication enables a better understanding of human cultures, landscape changes according to peoples’ purposes, and evolutionary consequences of human actions on biodiversity. This review aimed at discussing concepts, hypotheses, and current trends in studies of domestication of plants, using examples of cases studied in regions of Mesoamerica and Brazil. We analyzed ...
- Ernani Machado de Freitas Lins Neto, Nivaldo Peroni, Alejandro Casas, Fabiola Parra, Xitlali Aguirre...
- 2014
Mar 9, 2011 · The domestication of a plant species refers to the various genetic modifications to a wild progenitor which have been selected as the plant form has been modified to meet human needs (Doebley et al. 2006). Studying domestication provides a glimpse of the history of the selection and improvement made by our forebears over several thousands of ...
- Shun Sakuma, Björn Salomon, Takao Komatsuda
- 10.1093/pcp/pcr025
- 2011
- Plant Cell Physiol. 2011 May; 52(5): 738-749.
Domestication syndrome refers to two sets of phenotypic traits that are common to either domesticated plants [1] [2] or domesticated animals. [3] Domesticated animals tend to be smaller and less aggressive than their wild counterparts, they may also have floppy ears, variations to coat color, a smaller brain, and a shorter muzzle.
Jun 3, 2019 · Domestication is hypothesized to drive correlated responses in animal morphology, physiology and behaviour, a phenomenon known as the domestication syndrome. However, we...
Jan 28, 2021 · “In the simplest terms, incidental domestication includes simple dispersal and protection actions by people that create and maintain coevolutionary interactions outside the agroecology; specialized domestication focuses on the forces initiating and maintaining the agroecology; and agricultural domestication is largely concerned with the ...
