Yet domestication can also be seen as a type of plant–animal co-evolution, conceptually similar to examples of ... the nature of adaptive selection in the genomes of crop species.

Selective breeding, also known as artificial selection ... it's responsible for many of the plants and animals that we know today. One of the earliest examples of selective breeding is the ...

So, they began testing it the only way they could — by breeding plants and animals, watching what happened, and doing it again. This ancient curiosity gave rise to a powerful tool: artificial ...

Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. Skip to main content Your source for the latest research news ...

Photosynthesis is the process that enables plants to take sunlight and carbon dioxide and convert it into chemical energy to grow. Crop plants ... technology to produce food without sunlight through ...

The process has helped plants ... of crop plants and food-producing microbes, including yeast, green algae, fungal mycelium, cowpea, tomato, tobacco, rice, canola and green pea. Using artificial ...