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Overcoming the domestication bottleneck in soybean: mapping domestication traits and using wild soybean to improve diversity
QTL Mapping of Domestication-Related Traits Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] was domesticated in East Asia from the wild progenitor Glycine soja. The domestication process led to many distinct morphological changes that adapt it to cultivation. These include larger seeds, erect growth, larger stem …
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Changes in Sorghum Associated With Domestication
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Evolution and domestication of Saccharum using transcriptomic analyses
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On the origin and spread of horse domestication
… disciplines, yet many aspects of the horse domestication process remain poorly understood. One of the reasons for the difficulty in establishing a coherent scenario of horse domestication is that archaeological, mtDNA, and Y chromosome data have yielded ambiguous results, possibly because …
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Weaving the Home Web: A Canadian Case Study of Internet Domestication
… within the home, few have investigated internet domestication. To grasp the process of internet domestication, my research uses a Social Shaping of Technology approach to investigate how internet domestication develops as a set of contextual practices within households of East York, Ontario. My …
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Challenges on the domestication of oil and gas insurance in Nigeria
This dissertation examines the challenges of domesticating oil and gas insurance in Nigeria. The methodology adopted is both quantitative and qualitative, using questionnaire and interview to generate required data for the research. The research identified some challenges preventing domestic …
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Population genomics and domestication of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens L.)
… important industry. I investigate the role of domestication and its impact on the genome of *H. illucens*. I developed a suite of high-quality genomic resources for this novel agricultural system and used this to investigate the genomic landscape of an inbred *H. illucens* population. I …
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Entomological considerations for domestication of pennycress, Thlaspi arvense, as a cash cover crop
… for the Midwest U.S. corn-soybean rotation. This domestication presents significant agricultural and environmental benefits; however, understanding of the interactions between pennycress and insect herbivore communities and agroecosystems remains limited. This research aimed to fill these …
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The Impact of Domestication and Mother Tongue Interference in Translation: A Case of Xitsonga
… evolution. This study investigates the impact of domestication and Mother Tongue Interference on the translation of Xitsonga texts, with a focus on legal, medicinal, and Christian religious language. The study adopted the qualitative method and applied the qualitative approach to collect data. The …
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Understanding the genetic architecture of secondary domestication traits in Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.)
Thlaspi arvense L. (Field Pennycress) is a newly domesticated winter annual oilseed capable of improving ecosystems and intensifying agricultural productivity without new land displacement. Pennycress is a winter hardy cover crop that provides ecosystem services such as reduced soil erosion and …
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The Domestication of Paul: Christian Responses to Rise of Paul in the Second Century
The purpose of this dissertation is to account for the prominence of Paul in Late Antique Catholicism. As an apostle and authority, Paul did not emerge as the dominant figure among Apostolic-Catholics until the end of the second and beginning of the third century, and even at that it was done …
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Evolution of Endosperm Starch Synthesis Pathway genes in the Context of Rice: Oryza sativa) Domestication
… in response to strong selection during rice domestication and subsequent crop improvement. In this study, I have examined six key genes in the rice endosperm starch biosynthesis pathway to investigate the evolution of this pathway before rice domestication and during rice domestication. …
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The labors of Hercules: embodied learning and male domestication in early modern culture and literature
Frustrated with the anti-intellectualism and academic conservatism of the early sixteenth century, Erasmus, in his lengthy commentary on “The Labors of Hercules” adage, attempts to justify his thankless and debilitating scholarly work by analogizing it to the labors of the mythic Greco-Roman …
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A Theory of ICT User Types: Exploring Domestication and Meaning of ICTS through Comparative Case Studies
… several members of their social network. Using domestication theory (Silverstone, 1994) and an interpretive interactionism approach (Denzin, 2001), this series of comparative case studies discovered five distinct domestication patterns. These domestication patterns, or user types, differ in how …
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Marshelder (<i>Iva annua</i> L.) Seed Morphology and Patterns of Domestication in Eastern North America
Domestication of the extinct eastern North American crop, marshelder (<i>Iva annua</i> L. var. <i>macrocarpa</I> Jackson) is investigated through quantitative analysis of samples from archaeological sites. Change in marshelder achene (fruit) size over time sheds light on patterns of regional and …
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