Essays about: "domestication process"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words domestication process.

1. 16. DNA methylations : A comparison of four genes between Red Junglefowl and White Leghorn

   University essay from Molekylär genetik

   Author : Johan Bélteky; [2011]
   Keywords : High-resolution melting; DNA methylation; White Leghorn; Red Junglefowl; domestication;

   Abstract : Domestication of animals has given rise to a great phenotypic divergence in selected animals and rapidly generated species of animals more accustomed to human contact and social interactions within the species. Previous studies in chickens (Gallus gallus) have managed to find behavioral and adaptive differences between Red Junglefowl (RJF) and White Leghorn (WL), differences inherent to the domestication process. READ MORE

3. 17. A Comparison of Arabic Literature Translation into English and Swedish : Inverstigating Domestication in the Translation of Arabic Cultural Words - Imarat Yaqubyan as acase in point

   University essay from Tolk- och översättarinstitutet

   Author : Lamia Al Taai; [2011]
   Keywords : Arabic Cultural Words; Arabic-English Translation; Arabic-Swedish Translation; Domestication; False Domestication; Pedersen’s Strategies; The Yacoubian Building; Yacoubians Hus;

   Abstract : Imarat Yaqubyan is a contemporary Arabic novel that encompasses an intensive and variable Arabic culture; this study contains a survey in tables of cultural words, according to Newmark’s categories, “material culture”, “social culture”, “originations”, and  “gestures and habits”, as well as their correspondences in the English and the Swedish translated novel versions. In this tripled language study, Arabic, English and Swedish, I undertake a qualitative comparison between the translation strategies used by each translator of the English and Swedish versions. READ MORE

4. 18. Effects of a mutation on the TSHR gene on social and fear related behaviours in chickens.

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Johanna Axling; [2011]
   Keywords : Dometrication; Thyroid hormone; Chicken; Fearful behaviour; Dominant behaviour; Thyroid stimulating hormone receptor TSHR .;

   Abstract : It has been shown that thyroid hormones are important in development and growth in birds and further that thyrotropin (TSH) signaling regulated photoinduced seasonal reproduction. In addition to controlling the development of certain physiological traits, TSH can affect a wide range of phenotypes related to domestication such as behaviour, growth rate, more frequent reproductive cycle’s, pigmentation and also behaviour. READ MORE

5. 19. Foraging and exploratory behaviour in Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) selected for fear of humans

   University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

   Author : Emma Walett; [2010]
   Keywords : Domestication; Open field test; Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus ; Selection effects;

   Abstract : Domestication is a process in which animals become adapted to a life among humans by means of selection. A reduced fear of humans is probably one of the first aims of selection, intentionally or unintentionally. READ MORE

6. 20. Domestication and morphological variation in wild and cultivated populations of Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) in the area of the Drvar Valley, Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from SLU/Swedish Biodiversity Centre

   Author : Borut Bosančić; [2009]
   Keywords : Cornelian cherry; Cornus mas; domestication process; landraces; Drvar Valley; ethno-botany; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

   Abstract : Cornelian cherry has a profound cultural and traditional meaning to the people of the Drvar Valley. It is utilized by the people for its edible fruit from both the wild and cultivated populations originating from the area. READ MORE