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SUBMITTER: Theofanopoulou C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5646786 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Theofanopoulou Constantina C Gastaldon Simone S O'Rourke Thomas T Samuels Bridget D BD Martins Pedro Tiago PT Delogu Francesco F Alamri Saleh S Boeckx Cedric C
PloS one 20171018 10
This study identifies and analyzes statistically significant overlaps between selective sweep screens in anatomically modern humans and several domesticated species. The results obtained suggest that (paleo-)genomic data can be exploited to complement the fossil record and support the idea of self-domestication in Homo sapiens, a process that likely intensified as our species populated its niche. Our analysis lends support to attempts to capture the "domestication syndrome" in terms of alteratio ...[more]