The multi-generational process by which a wild species becomes genetically bound to people, changing in body and behavior until it depends on cultivation or husbandry to survive: grains that hold their seed instead of shattering, animals that tolerate the herd and the hand. It is the founding event of agriculture and of this atlas; every crop and livestock entity here passed through it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Concept ClassGenetic Resources and Crop Diversity 1 Connections
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The domestic silk moth no longer exists in the wild; it is entirely a product of selective breeding under cultivation
Source Sericulture (Wikipedia)
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1. Domestication (Wikipedia)
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The multi-generational process by which a wild species becomes genetically bound to people, changing in body and behavior until it depends on cultivation or husbandry to survive: grains that hold their seed instead of shattering, animals that tolerate the herd and the hand.
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