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 …

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 …

Wild species related to agricultural crops (crop wild relatives, or CWR) can increase the
adaptive capacity of agricultural systems around the world. They represent a large pool of …

Polyploidy is commonly thought to be associated with the domestication process because of
its concurrence with agriculturally favourable traits and because it is widespread among the …

The need to boost agricultural production in the coming decades in a climate change
scenario requires new approaches for the development of new crop varieties that are more …

'Domestication syndrome'(DS) denotes differences between domesticated plants and their
wild progenitors. Crop plants are dynamic entities; hence, not all parameters distinguishing …

Legumes represent the second most important family of crop plants after grasses,
accounting for approximately 27% of the world's crop production. Past domestication …

The evolution of ant agriculture, as practised by the fungus-farming 'attine'ants, is thought to
have arisen in the wet rainforests of South America about 55–65 Ma. Most subsequent attine …

Global environmental changes strongly impact wild and domesticated species biology and
their associated ecosystem services. For crops, global warming has led to significant …

High reproductive compatibility between crops and their wild relatives can provide benefits
for crop breeding but also poses risks for agricultural weed evolution. Weedy rice is a feral …