Wild boars and red junglefowl gave rise to common pigs and chickens. These animals' genes evolved to express themselves differently, leading to signatures of domestication—such as weaker bones and ...

Felis catus, the domestic cat, is one of the few social species within the Felidae family. Unlike most wild felines, domestic cats can live in groups and communicate with both other cats and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A team led by Purdue University soybean geneticist Jianxin Ma has developed a new biotechnological tool for the domestication of desirable traits from wild soybeans, such as ...

NEW YORK — Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our companions for thousands of years. Scientists think dogs descended from ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as important as the crop itself. A new study reveals that the specific genetic ...

We obtained 46 pairs of pig and wild boar data and 59 pairs of chicken and red junglefowl data from public databases. By integrating and analyzing these data, we conducted comparative analyses of ...