Domestication means taming wild animals or plants so that they can live and work with humans, like turning a wild wolf into a friendly dog or making wild plants like wheat grow in fields. Full definition
And seen in this way I regret the process of domestication of the «wild ones» that sets in now and promotes so much homelessness.» (thecityreview.com)
«There are maybe 10 genes, or 50, or hundreds involved in domestication syndrome,» says Carlos Driscoll, chair of conservation genetics at the Wildlife Institute of India of the National Institutes of Health. (discovermagazine.com)
The origin of dog domestication in Europe with Robert Wayne; Richard Lenski tracks the adaptation of bacteria over 50,000 generations; Robert Services describes the prospects of a new contender in solar technology. (sciencemag.org)