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Archaeological data reveal slow rates of evolution during plant domestication.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jan 2011
Purugganan Michael D, Fuller Dorian Q
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Domestication is an evolutionary process of species divergence in which morphological and physiological changes result from the cultivation/tending of plant or animal species by a mutualistic partner, most prominently humans. Darwin used domestication as an analogy to evolution by natural selection although there is strong debate on whether this process of species evolution by human association is an appropriate...
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