Sentences with phrase «nearest wild relatives»
Dogs are den animals, since their nearest wild relatives — wolves — live in small, dark, enclosed spaces dug into the ground.
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By comparing ancient and modern DNA from a domesticated animal as well as its nearest wild relatives, researchers can identify when specific genetic mutations associated with domestication arose.
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«Remains of barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains found at archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent (in the near east which spans present day Israel, northern Syria, Southern Turkey, eastern Iraq and western Iran) indicate that about 10,000 years ago the crop was domesticated there from its wild relative «Hordeum spontaneum».