Romero, A.J., Kolesnikova, A., Ezard, T.H.G. et al. (4 more authors) (2025) ‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. ISSN 0169-5347
Abstract
Crop domestication arises from a coevolutionary process between plants and humans, resulting in predictable and improved resources for humans. Of the thousands of edible species, many were collected or cultivated for food, but only a few became domesticated and even fewer supply the bulk of the plant-based calories consumed by humans. Why so few species became fully domesticated is not understood. Here we propose three aspects of plant genomes and phenotypes that could have promoted the domestication of only a few wild species, namely differences in plasticity, trait linkage, and mutation rates. We can use contemporary biological knowledge to identify factors underlying why only some species are amenable to domestication. Such studies will facilitate future domestication and improvement efforts.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | domestication; evolvability; crops; plasticity; agriculture |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2025 10:28 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 10:28 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.007 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:221986 |