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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.
Dec 22, 2020 · Darwin observed that all domesticated mammals share a set of common morphological, physiological, and behavioral traits that cannot be seen in their wild ancestors. Today, the domestication syndrome in mammals encompasses about fifty different phenotypic traits that a domesticated species has in relation to its wild ancestors.
- Goran Šimić, Vana Vukić, Janja Kopić, Željka Krsnik, Patrick R Hof
- 10.3390/biom11010002
- 2020
- Biomolecules. 2021 Jan; 11(1): 2.
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). We list its core components in Table 1. In this article, we will present a new hypothesis about the nature and origin of the DS ...
- 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.
Jul 1, 2014 · Most explanations focus on particular traits, while neglecting others, or on the possible selective factors involved in domestication rather than the underlying developmental and genetic causes of these traits. Here, we propose that the domestication syndrome results predominantly from mild neural crest cell deficits during embryonic development.
- Adam S. Wilkins, Adam S. Wilkins, Richard W. Wrangham, Richard W. Wrangham, W. Tecumseh Fitch
- 2014
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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.
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. Darwin is credited for the discovery of the domestication syndrome.
Jun 3, 2019 · Domesticated animals vary profoundly in their basic ecology and domestication history (e.g. cats 58), and together with the continuous subjection to strong, species-specific and human-induced ...
