Genetics and animal domestication: new windows on an elusive process
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Domesticated animals are universally familiar. How, when, where and why they became domesticated is less well understood. The genetic revolution of the past few decades has facilitated novel insights into a field that previously was principally the domain of archaeozoologists. Although some of the conclusions drawn from genetic data have proved to be contentious, many studies have significantly altered or refined our understanding of past human animal relationships. This review seeks not only to discuss the wider concerns and ramifications of genetic approaches to the study of animal domestication but also to provide a broader theoretical framework for understanding the process itself. More specifically, we discuss issues related to the terminology associated with domestication, the possibility of domestication genes, and the promise and problems of genetics to answer the fundamental questions associated with domestication.
Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Small Animals
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- The Origins of Agriculture in the Near East (2011, background): “…in all major livestock species (Bradley 2006), the degree to which these different lineages represent spatially and temporally discrete “domestication events” in which different populations were brought under domestication independently of one another is not entirely clear (Dobney and Larson 2006).”
- A Review of the Relationship between Indigenous Australians, Dingoes (Canis dingo) and Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris) (2009, background): “Domestication of a species inevitably leads to changes in morphology (the structure of an organism) and reproductive “traits” over time (Trut 1999), as well as potential physiological changes to the endocrine system (Dobney and Larson 2006) and the hypothalamus (Fox 1978).”
- The long and winding road: identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape (2013, background): “.fr (A. Evin), cucchi@mnhn.fr a.vidarsdottir@durham.ac.uk (G. Larson), keith.dobney@ All rights reserved. transformations leading to domestication, remain largely unanswered (Dobney and Larson, 2006; Vigne et al., 2005).”