Domestication of animals may have a genetic component, according to research led by Northwest A&F University in China. In their paper, “A missense mutation in RRM1 contributes to animal tameness,” published in Science Advances, the team makes a case for a single base pair substitution of gene RRM1 as the origin of animal tameness.
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