Domestication is a good model for the study of evolutionary processes because of the recent
evolution of crop species (< 12,000 years ago), the key role of selection in their origins, and …

The process of crop domestication has long been a topic of active research for biologists,
anthropologists and others. Genetic data have proved a powerful resource for drawing …

Domestication has helped to understand evolution. We argue that, vice versa, novel insights
into evolutionary principles could provide deeper insights into domestication. Molecular …

Highlights•Progress in genomics has greatly impacted research approaches in crop
evolution.•There is a more detailed view of the effect of domestication on genetic diversity …

Over two thousand plant species have been modified morphologically through cultivation
and human use. Here, we review three aspects of crop domestication that are currently …

Until recently, domestication has been interpreted as a rapid process with little
predomestication cultivation and a relatively rapid rise of the domestication syndrome. This …

The techniques of plant improvement have been evolving with the advancement of
technology, progressing from crop domestication by Neolithic humans to scientific plant …

Humans have domesticated hundreds of plant and animal species as sources of food, fiber,
forage, and tools over the past 12,000 years, with manifold effects on both human society …

Despite the fundamental role of plant domestication in human history and the critical
importance of a relatively small number of crop plants to modern societies, we still know little …

Domesticated crops show a reduced level of diversity that is commonly attributed to the
“domestication bottleneck”; a drastic reduction in the population size associated with …