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Self-domestication in Homo sapiens: Insights from comparative genomics

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PLOS ONE
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185306

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  1. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [FFI2016-78034-C2-1-P]
  2. European Union [PIRG-GA-2009-256413]
  3. Fundacio Bosch i Gimpera
  4. Generalitat de Catalunya [2014-SGR-200]
  5. Generalitat de Catalunya
  6. Directorate For Geosciences
  7. Division Of Earth Sciences [1561622] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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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 alterations to certain signaling pathways and cell lineages, such as the neural crest.

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