Domestication is one of the fundamental process that has shaped our world in last 12,000 years. Changes morphology, genetics, and behavior plants animals have redefined interactions with environments ourselves. However, while great strides been made towards understanding mechanics, timing, localities domestication, a question remains at heart archaeological scientific modelling this process—how...

according to zooarchaeological evidence, central zagros as a center of domestication experienced independently the first step of livestock domestications. it seems that capra hircus have been domesticated about 10,500 b.c in central zagros and since then, has played a key role in the food economy of this region. outstanding development of genetics shed new lights on the origins of goat and dome...

C rop domestication has long been studied both as a model for understanding the process of evolution (1) and for gaining insights into the history of human civilization (2). In recent decades, a wealth of neutral molecular markers (e.g., SNPs, microsatellites, amplified fragment length polymorphisms) has become available for many crop species, permitting genomewide examinations of genetic diver...

Domestication can be used to study the formation of barriers to reproduction because much is known about the selective forces at work during the process of domestication as well as the general timeline under which it occurs. Studying domestication may reveal how barriers to reproduction arise quickly and may give insight into speciation under natural conditions. Barriers to reproduction are ver...

Pouteria sapota is known for its edible fruits that contain unique carotenoids, as well as for its fungitoxic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activity. However, its genetics is mostly unknown, including aspects about its genetic diversity and domestication process. We did high-throughput sequencing of microsatellite-enriched libraries of P. sapota, generated 5223 contig DNA sequences, 1.8 M...

The origins of agriculture involved pathways of domestication in which human behaviours and plant genetic adaptations were entangled. These changes resulted in consequences that were unintended at the start of the process. This paper highlights some of the key innovations in human behaviours, such as soil preparation, harvesting and threshing, and how these were coupled with genetic ‘innovation...

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and great apes from the genus Pan were tested on a series of object choice tasks. In each task, the location of hidden food was indicated for subjects by some kind of communicative, behavioral, or physical cue. On the basis of differences in the ecologies of these 2 genera, as well as on previous research, the authors hypothesized that dogs should be especially ...

of plant and animal species leads to morphological and physiological changes that distinguish domesticated taxa from their wild ancestors. It is one of the most important technological innovations in human history and was the linchpin of the Neolithic revolution 13,000–10,000 years ago, in which groups of hunter-gatherers formed the sedentary agricultural societies that ultimately gave rise to ...

14 Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) were domesticated from gray wolves between 20-40kya in 15 Eurasia, yet details surrounding the process of domestication remain unclear. The vast array of 16 phenotypes exhibited by dogs mirror numerous other domesticated animal species, a 17 phenomenon known as the Domestication Syndrome. Here, we use signatures persisting in the 18 dog genome to identify genes ...

14 Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) were domesticated from gray wolves between 20-40kya in 15 Eurasia, yet details surrounding the process of domestication remain unclear. The vast array of 16 phenotypes exhibited by dogs mirror numerous other domesticated animal species, a 17 phenomenon known as the Domestication Syndrome. Here, we use signatures persisting in the 18 dog genome to identify genes ...