CARTA:Domestication and Evolution- Tecumseh Fitch:The Domestication Syndrome and Neural Crest Cells

[HladniSjeverniVjetar]

You understand that if this is true for animals and plants than it's true for humans as well.

[This_gonna_be_good_I_know_it]

The black/white coloring - if it's a warning sign for wild animals, as in the skunk - is probably also a warning sign of domesticated animals, meaning "Hey, I'm with the most dangerous killer on the plant. You don't want to mess with me."

[memomorph]

Huh, so in a macro sense, we also domesticated each other over generations
I breed gerbils for tame-ness and a new white spotting gene cropped up

[A.I.-]

Millions of years through evolution... 50 years of breeding...
how long does it take for GMO done in the lab?

[punchoponcho]

I absolutely cannot wait for my offspring to have cute black and white patches on them.

[notayoutuber]

My husky is an asshole with erect ears that kills bunnies. Maybe it’s neural crest was reduced much

[stupidmansuit]

Why wouldn't these phenotypical changes show up simply due to an absence of natural environmental pressures? These domesticated animals aren't going to die because they can't balance, hear, chew, blend in...etc... right?

[mistersir]

Nobody should care about finding some gene.
We can perfectly observe that for genetic reasons the neural crest doesn't develop as fully. No need to ever find specific gene.
(same goes for I cue points in humans too, by the way)

[michaelsandoval]

1:15 Sherlock Holmes was also the Quasimodo 😳

[technopoptart]

uh.... haven't rats been domesticated since the 50's though???

[dantan]

i think it just means that the genes for those features evolved with certain behavioral traits.

[beren]

We humans need to selectively breed for tamer and more domesticated people too. We need to breed aggression out of humans and greater empathy and compassion into them; most especially of our males.

[HandFromCoffin]

Wasn't this funded in order to prove easier to raise animals for the fur industry? Foxes, minks, ect..

[WiseWeeabo]

Maybe you're just breeding out psychopathy in these animals.