From the beginning of the domestication process, the exchange and transportation of domestic animals has been related to human migration and trade.
There is no shortage of ideas about the nature of the domestication process and its effects on various domesticated animal species and breeds.
This likely suggests that the population bottleneck associated with the domestication process was not as severe as for other domesticated species [ 32, 33].
However, the genetic data available for domestic goats does not permit furthering our understanding of the domestication process and identifying potential domestication centre(s).
Mr. Albert hopes to identify which of the rats' genes were selected for by the domestication process.
And, as is typical of the domestication process, captive dwarf hamsters now have a variety of fur colour morphs; colours that are highly prized by hobbyist-breeders.
The domestication process must have occurred in many stages over a considerable length of time as many different, independent characteristics of the plant were modified.
As part of the domestication process, humans appear to have selectively bred color variants of horses.
Furthermore, this suggests that there may be selection on these traits as part of the domestication process.
In this model, migration in new cultivation areas and local adaptations are considered to be part of the domestication process.
The current geographical distributions of rice landraces and their wild relatives have provided critical hints about the domestication process [32].
