These genes affect embryogenesis and can confer tameness, smaller jaws, floppy ears, and diminished craniofacial development, which distinguish domesticated dogs from wolves and …

In this article, we have argued that all the facets of the domestication syndrome can be traced to mild neural crest cell deficits. In Figure 2, we summarize our proposal, depicting the routes by …

well-understood human clinical syndrome directly relevant to jaw reduction is Treacher Collins syndrome, a primary symptom of which is reduced jaw size (micro-gnathia) and smaller …

Aug 5, 2025 · Domestication syndrome describes a collection of consistent physical and behavioral traits that frequently appear together in domesticated animals across various …

Dec 9, 2016 · Returning to the cause and effect chain of domestication by which our planet’s animals and plants have been altered to promote human population growth ever since the …

May 19, 2025 · Domestication involves huge phenotypic shifts via strong directional selection. The resulting changes, often termed the Domestication Syndrome, typically encompass numerous …

Jul 1, 2014 · Darwin’s encyclopedic investigation of domesticated species revealed an intriguing phenomenon. From his survey of the animal breeding work, he found that domesticated …

Jan 21, 2021 · This discovery was coined Domestication Syndrome, which describes a set of traits that arise in an animal when that animal becomes domesticated.

Mar 22, 2023 · For more than a century, scientists have been puzzled by the set of shared changes that happen to many animals when they are domesticated.

Domesticated animals tend to be smaller and less aggressive than their wild counterparts; many have other domestication syndrome traits like shorter muzzles. [28] Skulls of grey wolf (left), …