Artificial Selection and Domestication: Modern Lessons from Darwin's Enduring Analogy

Evolution: Education and Outreach

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-27

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Artificial selection; Crops; Domestication; Evolution; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349097305     PISSN: 19366426     EISSN: 19366434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12052-008-0114-z     Document Type: Article

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