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Z_1_11 Molecular Biology

Z_1_11 — Polyploidy and Genome Duplication

Polyploidy — the possession of more than two complete sets of chromosomes — is a major force in genome evolution, particularly in plants and some animal lineages. Susumu Ohno (1970) proposed that whole genome duplication

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E_3_12 Verified Cataclysms & Chronology

E_3_12 — Agriculture: Origins, Spread, and Civilizational Impact

Agriculture — the deliberate cultivation of plants and domestication of animals for food, fiber, and other products — is arguably the single most consequential technological and social transformation in human history, se

agriculture farming crop domestication Fertile Crescent Neolithic plant cultivation
L_2_01 Genetics & Origins

L_2_01 — Domestication Genetics — How Humans Reshaped Life

Domestication — the genetic transformation of wild species into human-dependent organisms — ranks among the most consequential biological processes in Earth's history.

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R_5_03 Biology & Evolution

R_5_03 — Domestication of Plants and Agriculture

The domestication of plants — one of the most transformative events in human history — began independently in at least 10 geographic centers between ~12,000 and 5,000 years ago. The Fertile Crescent (wheat, barley, lenti

domestication agriculture Neolithic revolution Fertile Crescent teosinte maize
F_3_14 Verified Lost Connections

F_3_14 — Domestication: How Humans Reshaped Species and Themselves

Domestication — the multigenerational process by which humans selectively breed wild species, producing organisms that are genetically, morphologically, and behaviorally distinct from their wild ancestors and dependent o

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F_3_07 Verified Lost Connections

F_3_07 — Independent Origins of Plant Domestication

Plant domestication — the process by which wild species are genetically and morphologically transformed through human selection into cultivable, human-dependent crops — arose independently in at least 7–11 geographically

plant domestication agriculture origins Neolithic Revolution Fertile Crescent Yangtze Mesoamerica