Domestication Syndrome Refers to Which of the Following

question 36

Multiple Choice

Domestication syndrome refers to which of the following?

• A)Diseases that domesticated plants and animals contract and that their wild counterparts do not contract.
• B)The expression of a suite of genes that generate tameness and other domestication effects.
• C)The effects on humans of the domestication of plants and animals.
• D)The inability of domesticated plants to exist in the wild because of thousands of years of inbreeding.
• E)That barley domestication preceded the domestication of animals.

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Definitions:

Methyl Groups

Chemical groups consisting of one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms, often involved in modifying DNA or proteins in cells.

Histone

Proteins that package and order the DNA into structural units called nucleosomes, playing a key role in gene regulation.