Sentences with phrase «selection during domestication»
Duplication of fgfr1 permits Fgf signaling to serve as a target for selection during domestication.
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Of the 125 genes undergoing positive selection during domestication, a subset is related to the differentiation, organization, and contraction of skeletal muscles, including ACTA1, C - SKI, MYBPC1, and delta - sarcoglycan (SGCD).
«I seriously doubt that cat facial expression was subjected to selection during domestication,» he says, because humans kept cats around to catch vermin, not to be bosom buddies.
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An additional selection, at least for social attentiveness and tolerance, was not necessary during canine domestication.
Flink et al. (2014) typed the TSHR and BCDO2 loci in archaeological chicken samples from Europe, spanning the last 2,200 years, to further examine the hypothesis of selection during early domestication.