Essays about: "tameness selection"

Found 2 essays containing the words tameness selection.

1. 1. Variation in tameness among red junglefowls (Gallus gallus) induces variation in activity related behaviours : Exploring the basis of early domestication

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

   Author : Ida Sörensen; [2016]
   Keywords : activity; behaviour; comfort; domestication; exploration; Gallus gallus; preening; tameness;

   Abstract : The mechanisms behind early domestication of animals are still unknown and an important question is how the changes leading to what is called the domesticated phenotype have developed. It has been suggested that the domestication process has been based on tameness of animals, and that tameness is genetically correlated to other traits. READ MORE

3. 2. Social behaviour responses in red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) selected for tameness

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Maria Ericsson; [2010]
   Keywords : domestication; red junglefowl; sociality; tameness selection;

   Abstract : Historically during domestication of animals, tameness towards humans was likely the most desired trait and therefore bred on. The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) is the wild progenitor of all domestic chicken breeds and earlier studies present clear morphological, physiological and behavioural differences between domesticated breeds and the non-domesticated red junglefowl. READ MORE