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The plant was never domesticated. In the Zaña Valley, Peru, hulls of peanuts (the nuts themselves did not survive) dated to 8500 BP do not exhibit some features of modern domesticated plants, nor do they conform to a known wild species (Dillehay et al. 2007). Predomestication cultivation of this plant and its transport out of its area of ...
Plant domestication fascinated generations of scholars from different disciplines, including (but not limited to) anthropology, geography, archaeology, botany, genetics, agronomy, and evolution. The cultural transition from an economy based on foraging (hunting-gathering) to food production (the Agricultural Revolution) was fundamental for the rise of Old and New World civilizations. In fact ...
The domestication of vertebrates is the mutual relationship between vertebrate animals including birds and mammals, and the humans who have influence on their care and reproduction. [1] Charles Darwin recognized a small number of traits that made domesticated species different from their wild ancestors. He was also the first to recognize the ...
Crop domestication is the process of artificially selecting plants to increase their suitability to human requirements: taste, yield, storage, and cultivation practices. There is increasing evidence that crop domestication can profoundly alter interactions among plants, herbivores, and their natural enemies. Overall, little is known about how these interactions are affected by domestication in ...
Domestication - Genetic, Biological, Changes: Traditionally, the main criteria for judging relationships between domestic or cultivated organisms and wild ancestors were similarities of structure and function, but cytogenetical examinations, particularly comparisons of chromosomes and chromosome sets, also are adding to the knowledge of the origins of domesticated organisms. With animals ...
Abstract. Plant breeding began when plants were brought into cultivation for human use, as early as 13,000 years ago in the Near East, and subsequently and independently in other parts of the world. Domestication, geographical dispersal to new environments and selection by farmers, resulted in numerous locally adapted landraces of cultivated ...
Aug 2, 2016 · A detailed phylogenetic study now shows that there is a compelling association between polyploidy and domestication, and that polyploidy more frequently occurs before domestication. Polyploidy and ...
