Genetic selection for an important domestication-related behavioral trait such as tameness can cause divergent epigenetic patterns within only five generations, and these changes could have an important role in chicken domestication. https://t.co/2zwMbwJSK
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New in Pubmed: "Epigenetics and early domestication: differences in hypothalamic DNA methylation between red junglefowl divergently selected for high or low fear of humans." https://t.co/7LokzcFM5L
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Epigenetics and early domestication: differences in hypothalamic DNA methylation between red junglefowl divergently selected for high or low fear of humans. https://t.co/X60abdSiik
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RT @animalplantsci: DNA methylation could have an important role in selecting for tameness in chickens: https://t.co/VIWZhSWoc9 https://t.c…
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DNA methylation could have an important role in selecting for tameness in chickens: https://t.co/VIWZhSWoc9 https://t.co/J03s8tOa9E