Definition of Domestication. Meaning of Domestication. Synonyms of Domestication

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Definition of Domestication

Domestication
Domestication Do*mes`ti*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

Meaning of Domestication from wikipedia

- on trial and error. Domestication affected genes for behavior in animals, making them less aggressive. In plants, domestication affected genes for morphology...
- domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication,...
- Taylor, who argues that domestication did not take place until around 2000 BC. Genetic evidence indicates that domestication of the modern horse's ancestors...
- portal Cats portal Cat § Domestication Cat genetics Domestication Felidae § Evolution Serpell, James A. (2014). "Domestication and history of the cat"...
- gives a list of domesticated animals, also including a list of animals which are or may be currently undergoing the process of domestication and animals that...
- difference between the domestication traits that researchers believe to have been essential at the early stages of domestication, and the improvement traits...
- Domestication syndrome refers to two sets of phenotypic traits that are common to either domesticated plants or domesticated animals. Domesticated animals...
- the Near East. This stimulated the domestication of local European wild boar, resulting in a third domestication event with the Near Eastern genes dying...
- Self-domestication is a scientific hypothesis that suggests that, similar to domesticated animals, there has been a process of artificial selection among...
- Domestication and foreignization are strategies in translation, regarding the degree to which translators make a text conform to the target culture (the...