Brain size is reduced by selection for tameness in Red Junglefowl– correlated effects in vital organs
Abstract During domestication animals have undergone changes in size of brain and other vital organs. We hypothesize that this could be a correlated effect to increased tameness. Red Junglefowl (ancestors of domestic chickens) were selected for divergent levels of fear of humans for five generations...
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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