Core questions in domestication research

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3191-3198

  Zeder, Melinda A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication; Ecophenotypic impacts; Genetic impacts; Mutualism; Niche construction theory

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATED PLANT; DOMESTICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SYMBIOSIS; CROP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

GENETIC MARKER;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC MARKERS; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84925430802     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501711112     Document Type: Article

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