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Etyma for 'chicken', 'duck', and 'goose' among language phyla in China and Southeast Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper considers the history of words for domesticated poultry, including ‘chicken’, ‘goose’, and ‘duck’, in China and mainland Southeast Asia to try to relate associated domestication events with specific language groups.
Alves, Mark J
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Ten years of the horse reference genome: insights into equine biology, domestication and population dynamics in the post-genome era. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The horse reference genome from the Thoroughbred mare Twilight has been available for a decade and, together with advances in genomics technologies, has led to unparalleled developments in equine genomics.
Bellone, R   +3 more
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Combining biological approaches to highlight the evolution of Musa complex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The diversity of the banana complex can be deciphered only by jointly characterizing the original wild species and their relatives, the primitive diploid forms and the triploid varieties.
Bakry, Frédéric   +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA lineages of Italian Giara and Sarcidano horses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Giara and Sarcidano are 2 of the 15 extant native Italian horse breeds with limited dispersal capability that originated from a larger number of individuals. The 2 breeds live in two distinct isolated locations on the island of Sardinia. To determine the
Barbato, M.   +7 more
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Validating a remote saliva collection tool for genomic analyses in free ranging dogs

open access: yesScientific Reports
Saliva is a well-established source of DNA for various applications due to its non-invasive collection and its provision of high-quality DNA. However, its use in wild and free-ranging animal research remains limited due to challenges in collection ...
Giulia Cimarelli   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harvest Techniques: Hand-Pulling and Its Potential Impact on the Archaeobotanical Record Vis a Vis Near Eastern Plant Domestication

open access: yesAgronomy, 2021
A “cultivation prior to domestication”, or a “pre-domestication cultivation” phase features in many reconstructions of Near Eastern plant domestication.
Shahal Abbo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neophilia in wolves and dogs

open access: yesAnimal Cognition
The study of domestication provides a unique opportunity to analyze the effects of natural selection in the attraction towards novelty, because selective pressures on domesticated animals are often greatly diminished or different from their wild ...
Dániel Rivas-Blanco   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domestication and improvement genes reveal the differences of seed size- and oil-related traits in soybean domestication and improvement

open access: yesComputational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2022
To address domestication and improvement studies of soybean seed size- and oil-related traits, a series of domesticated and improved regions, loci, and candidate genes were identified in 286 soybean accessions using domestication and improvement analyses,
Jian-Fang Zuo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region: Report of training workshop, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 17-21 September 2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Bioversity International is implementing a Dutch-supported project entitled: Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region.
Fadda, Carlo   +6 more
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