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- Multiple cereal crop species from different domestication centers such as rice, maize, wheat, and sorghum share to varying degrees a set of traits, including non-shattering seeds, increased seed size, reduced seed dormancy, loss of outcrossing, and apical dominance, which are collectively referred to as the domestication syndrome (Hammer 1984; Allaby 2014; Preece et al. 2017).
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Domestication syndrome refers to two sets of phenotypic traits that are common to either domesticated plants or domesticated animals. 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.
The general combination of traits in domesticated mammals is an ensemble that we will refer to as the “domestication syndrome” (DS) (adopting a term used for domesticated crop plants, e.g., Brown et al. 2008 ).
- Adam S. Wilkins, Adam S. Wilkins, Richard W. Wrangham, Richard W. Wrangham, W. Tecumseh Fitch
- 10.1534/genetics.114.165423
- 2014
- Genetics. 2014 Jul; 197(3): 795-808.
Jan 18, 2024 · The traditionally defined domestication syndrome in crops comprises a set of common phenotypic traits that were selected across different species during the transition from wild to domesticate, facilitating the mutualistic interaction between crops and humans and allowing for growth in human-constructed agricultural niches (Allaby 2014).
May 22, 2020 · Domestication syndrome is a term that describes the permanent changes that appear in plants and animals as a result of domestication. Some of the behavioral changes fueled by the domestication syndrome include tameness and increased docility.
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.
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...
Jun 1, 2023 · How does domestication affect the brain? This question has broad relevance. Domesticated animals play important roles in human society, and substantial recent work has addressed the hypotheses that a domestication syndrome links phenotypes across species, including Homo sapiens. Surprisingly, however, neuroscience research on domestication ...
