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Flax domestication processes as inferred from genome-wide SNP data [PDF]
Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is one of the founder crops domesticated for oil and fiber uses in the Near-Eastern Fertile Crescent, but its domestication history remains largely elusive.
Yong-Bi Fu
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The Domestication of Ginseng [PDF]
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Frank Carney
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Village dogs match pet dogs in reading human facial expressions [PDF]
Most studies on dogs’ cognitive skills in understanding human communication have been conducted on pet dogs, making them a role model for the species. However, pet dogs are just a minor and particular sample of the total dog world population, which would
Martina Lazzaroni+6 more
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Perceived reward attainability may underlie dogs’ responses in inequity paradigms
Dogs have repeatedly been shown to give their paw to an experimenter more times for no reward when a rewarded conspecific partner is absent than when a rewarded conspecific is present, thereby showing inequity aversion.
Jim McGetrick+5 more
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Differences in persistence between dogs and wolves in an unsolvable task in the absence of humans [PDF]
Despite being closely related, dogs perform worse than wolves in independent problem-solving tasks. These differences in problem-solving performance have been attributed to dogs’ greater reliance on humans, who are usually present when problem-solving ...
Akshay Rao+4 more
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Oxytocin (OT) promotes pro-sociality, bonding, and cooperation in a variety of species. Measuring oxytocin metabolite (OTM) concentrations in urine or saliva provides intriguing opportunities to study human and animal behaviour with minimal disturbance ...
G. Wirobski+4 more
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IntroductionTo explore human-canid relationships, we tested similarly socialized and raised dogs (Canis familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus) and their trainers in a wildlife park.
Megane E. Burkhard+5 more
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Investigating Indirect and Direct Reputation Formation in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)
Reputation is a key component in social interactions of group-living animals and appears to play a role in the establishment of cooperation. Animals can form a reputation of an individual by directly interacting with them or by observing them interact ...
Hoi-Lam Jim+6 more
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Validation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay to assess urinary oxytocin in humans
Within the last decade, oxytocin (OT) has attracted a lot of attention in the context of various human social behaviors. Besides its importance in regulating physiological processes in females related to giving birth and lactation, OT is involved in the ...
Franka S Schaebs+4 more
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