Core questions in domestication research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23328772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M A Zeder (0000-0001-9716-4877, Smithsonian Institution, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 3191-3198 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490 |
| Publisher | National Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1501711112 |
| PMID | 25713127 |
| PMCID | PMC4371924 |
| OpenAlex | W2008505800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 149 |
| References cited | 83 |
Significance Domestication of plants and animals marks a major transition in human history that represents a vibrant area of interdisciplinary scientific inquiry. Consideration of three central questions about domestication—what it is, what it does, and why it happened—provide a unifying framework for diverse research on the topic. Domestication is defined in terms of a coevolutionary mutualism between domesticator and domesticate and is distinguished from related but ultimately different processes of management and agriculture. Domestication results in a range of genotypic, phenotypic, plastic, and contextual impacts that can be used as markers of evolving domesticatory relationships. A consideration of causal scenarios finds greater empirical support for explanatory frameworks grounded in niche-construction theory over those derived from optimal foraging theory.
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| Unique citing works | 149 |
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| Citations per year | 13,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 140 |