Predomestication

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before domestication. not-comparable

    "Similar observations exist for other species such as the genus Leucaena in which human-mediated sympatry in Mesoamerican “backyard gardens” of previously separated wild taxa, prolonged predomestication cultivation followed by spontaneous hybridization led to the emergence of different domesticated species."

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"Similar observations exist for other species such as the genus Leucaena in which human-mediated sympatry in Mesoamerican “backyard gardens” of previously separated wild taxa, prolonged predomestication cultivation followed by spontaneous hybridization led to the emergence of different domesticated species."

Etymology

From pre- + domestication.

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