@article {316010, title = {Self-domestication in Homo sapiens: Insights from comparative genomics}, journal = {PLOS ONEPLOS ONE}, volume = {12}, year = {2017}, month = {2017/10/18}, pages = {e0185306 - }, abstract = {

This study identifies and analyzes statistically significant overlaps between selective sweep screens in anatomically modern humans and several domesticated species. The results obtained suggest that (paleo-)genomic data can be exploited to complement the fossil record and support the idea of self-domestication in Homo sapiens, a process that likely intensified as our species populated its niche. Our analysis lends support to attempts to capture the {\textquotedblleft}domestication syndrome{\textquotedblright} in terms of alterations to certain signaling pathways and cell lineages, such as the neural crest.

}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185306}, author = {Theofanopoulou, Constantina and Gastaldon, Simone and O{\textquoteright}Rourke, Thomas and Samuels, Bridget D. and Messner, Angela and Martins, Pedro Tiago and Delogu, Francesco and Alamri, Saleh and Boeckx, Cedric} }