The evolutionary neuroscience of domestication

EE Hecht, SA Barton, CNR Flattery, AM Meza - Trends in Cognitive …, 2023 - cell.com
How does domestication affect the brain? This question has broad relevance. Domesticated
animals play important roles in human society, and substantial recent work has addressed …

Ending genetic essentialism through genetics education

BM Donovan - Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, 2022 - cell.com
Genetic concepts are regularly used in arguments about racial inequality. This review
summarizes research about the relationship between genetics education and a particular …

An evidence-based approach for treating stress and trauma due to racism

MT Williams, S Holmes, M Zare, A Haeny… - Cognitive and Behavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Racism can be stressful or even traumatizing. Psychological unwellness emerges out of the
confluence of historical, cultural, and individual experiences, and resulting syndromes may …

[PDF][PDF] Jenaer Erklärung: das Konzept der Rasse ist das Ergebnis von Rassismus und nicht dessen Voraussetzung

MS Fischer, U Hoßfeld, J Krause… - Biologie in unserer …, 2019 - library.oapen.org
26| Martin S. Fischer, Uwe Hoßfeld, Johannes Krause und Stefan Richter weise. Daraus
wurde eine soziale Leserichtung mit angeblich biologisch höher und tiefer stehenden …

Genomics literacy matters: Supporting the development of genomics literacy through genetics education could reduce the prevalence of genetic essentialism

BM Donovan, M Weindling, B Salazar… - Journal of Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, it has been argued that improving students' genomics literacy could prevent
students from developing erroneous beliefs about social identity, such as the belief that …

Long-read assembly of a Great Dane genome highlights the contribution of GC-rich sequence and mobile elements to canine genomes

JV Halo, AL Pendleton, F Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Technological advances have allowed improvements in genome reference sequence
assemblies. Here, we combined long-and short-read sequence resources to assemble the …

The process of animal domestication

M Sánchez-Villagra - 2022 - torrossa.com
Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …

Neuroanatomical asymmetry in the canine brain

SA Barton, M Kent, EE Hecht - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
The brains of humans and non-human primates exhibit left/right asymmetries in grey matter
morphology, white matter connections, and functional responses. These asymmetries have …

Using the controversy over human race to introduce students to the identification and the evaluation of arguments

PA Archila, J Molina, G Danies… - Science & …, 2022 - Springer
The identification and the evaluation of arguments are fundamental elements of critical
thinking. However, the explicit promotion of these elements is virtually absent from university …

Humane genomics education can reduce racism

BM Donovan, M Weindling, J Amemiya, B Salazar… - Science, 2024 - science.org
For as long as the concept of race has existed, racial prejudice has been justified on
hereditary grounds (,). Justifications of prejudice often misappropriate the work of Mendel …