Evolutionary pets: offspring numbers reveal speciation process in domesticated chickens.

Since Darwin, the nature of the relationship between evolution and domestication has been debated. Evolution offers different mechanisms of selection that lead to adaptation and may end in the origin of new species as defined by the biological species concept. Domestication has given rise to numerou...

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Main Authors: Inga Tiemann, Gerd Rehkämper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3412861?pdf=render