Biogeography of the Anthropocene: Domestication

摘要: The past and present impacts of humans on the biosphere have altered many ecological evolutionary processes. One most dramatic set examples comes from domestication, which has transformed species, landscapes, socioeconomic systems over last 30 millennia. Recent research driven by advances in molecular biology information sciences, enriched whole genome analyses main plant animal domesticates, is now able to elucidate obscure phylogenetic relationships complicated hybridization chromosome rearrangements. These methods also reveal historical events that converted wild species into useful, some cases, codependent taxa. A further human-domesticate interactions produces great diversification behind origin maintenance numerous crop landraces, fruit vegetable variants, breeds. Fashion, taste preferences, familial dynamics are additional factors involved beyond usefulness col...