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  2. List of domesticated animals - Wikipedia

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    A number of factors determine how quickly any changes may occur in a species, but there is not always a desire to improve a species from its wild form. Domestication is a gradual process, so there is no precise moment in the history of a given species when it can be considered to have become fully domesticated.

  3. Domestication of the dog - Wikipedia

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    The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication, and the emergence of the first dogs. Genetic studies suggest that all ancient and modern dogs share a common ancestry and descended from an ancient, now-extinct wolf population – or closely ...

  4. Canid hybrid - Wikipedia

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    A hybrid of domestic dog and pampas fox. Crossings between canids of a different genus is extremely rare. In 2021, a female canid with unusual phenotypic characteristics was found in Vacaria City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. DNA analysis indicates that the canid was a hybrid between a pampas fox and a domestic dog. [33]

  5. Dogs May Be Entering A New Phase Of Evolution Due To Modern ...

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    The first wave of dog domestication began between 40,000 and 14,000 years ago. ... wild wolves started to slowly adapt to human settlements as a predictable food source, eventually becoming ...

  6. Dingo–dog hybrid - Wikipedia

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    A Dingo-dog hybrid is a cross between a dingo and a domestic dog.The current population of free ranging domestic dogs in Australia is probably higher than in the past. However, the proportion of the so-called "pure" [1] dingoes (dogs with exclusively dingo-ancestry) has been on the decrease over the last few decades due to hybridisation and is regarded as further decre

  7. Wild ancestor - Wikipedia

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    An example of this can be seen when comparing wild and domestic rabbits. Wild rabbits have a larger ratio of brain-to-body size, while domestic rabbits have a smaller amygdala and larger medial prefrontal cortex and also reduced white matter. This causes domestic rabbits to have a decreased fight-or-flight response and thus domesticated rabbits ...

  8. De novo domestication - Wikipedia

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    De novo domestication refers to the process by which wild species are intentionally transformed into domesticated varieties. [1] The majority of domesticated species has been under domestication for millenia, with the first animal, the dog, having been under domestication for between 40,000-30,000 years, and the first plants since the start of the Neolithic Revolution, approximately 12,000 ...

  9. Domestication of vertebrates - Wikipedia

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    The most affected portion of the brain in domestic mammals is the limbic system, which in domestic dogs, pigs, and sheep show a 40% reduction in size compared with their wild species. This portion of the brain regulates endocrine function that influences behaviors such as aggression, wariness, and responses to environmentally induced stress ...