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Domestication

Domestication is a multi-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species, such as humans or leafcutter ants, takes over control and care of another species, such as sheep or fungi, to obtain from them a steady supply of resources, such as meat, milk, or labor. The process is gradual and geographically diffuse, based on trial and error.…

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Animals

Plants

Fungi

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Domestication by non-human animals

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Domestication

Nodes344
Edges343
Triples231
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005814
Components1

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Domestication

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related to Sources · 58
Domestication → Aceramic Neolithic, Arkadiusz, August, Banning, Bibcode, Brian, Chatto, Daniel, Diamond, Earth's, Edward, Ehud, Ember, Encyclopedia, Ethnoarchaeological, Friendliest, Germs, Guns, Hare, Hayden
related to Plants · 21
Domestication → Africa, Americas, Asia, Continued, East Asia, Far East, Humans, It, Levant, Middle East, Neolithic, New Guinea, Other, Rice, Saharan Africa, Sorghum, South Asia, The, Wallacea, West Asia
related to Invertebrates · 20
Domestication → Annelida, Aphytis, Arthropoda, Chrysolina, Cnidaria, Conscious, Drosophila, Echinodermata, Eucelatoria, Few, Helix, Hydra, Mollusca, Most, Platyhelminthes, Several, Terrestrial, The, Two, While
related to Definitions · 12
Domestication → American, Furthermore, In, It, Kathryn Lord, Latin, Melinda, Michael, Purugganan, She, The, Zeder
related to Birds · 11
Domestication → Also, Anseriformes, China, Domesticated, Galliformes, Gallus, Pakistan, Re-examination, Southeast Asia, Thailand, The
related to Changes to plant genome · 10
Domestication → BADH2, Comparison, DNA, During, In, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Phytophthora, Population, The
related to External links · 10
Domestication → Americas, Archived December, Crop Wild Relative Inventory, Cucurbita, Gap Analysis, Jared DiamondThe Initial Domestication, Medicine, National Library, Wayback MachineMajor, Years AgoCattle
related to Cause and timing · 9
Domestication → By, For, Holocene, Israel, Last Glacial Maximum, Ohalo II, The, The Younger Dryas, These
related to Desirable traits · 9
Domestication → Animals, Charles Darwin, Domesticated, He, In, Plants Under Domestication, The, The Variation, There
related to On diversity · 9
Domestication → Domesticated, Further, However, Late Pleistocene, Most, Mutational, Mutations, One, Similar

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domesticated years ago 000 animals wild fungi species humans plants food traits animal crops wheat around ants termites ambrosia agriculture

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Domesticationis amulti-generational mutualistic relationship in which an animal species0.90text
wheatinstance of000 years ago with cereals0.80text
barley in the Middle Eastinstance of000 years ago with cereals0.80text
alongside crops such as lentilinstance of000 years ago with cereals0.80text
peainstance of000 years ago with cereals0.80text
chickpeainstance of000 years ago with cereals0.80text
and flaxinstance of000 years ago with cereals0.80text
sorghum were domesticatedinstance ofcrops0.80text
termitesinstance ofand reductions in brain size and of particular brain regions.Purugganan comments that insects0.80text
ambrosia beetlesinstance ofand reductions in brain size and of particular brain regions.Purugganan comments that insects0.80text
and leafcutter ants have domesticated some species of fungiinstance ofand reductions in brain size and of particular brain regions.Purugganan comments that insects0.80text
and notes further that other groups such as weedsinstance ofand reductions in brain size and of particular brain regions.Purugganan comments that insects0.80text

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