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The 44 pages that link to Plant domestication, each with the reason it gives.

• Neolithic RevolutionRelated: Repeated sowing and selection transformed wild grasses and other plants into dependable crops.

• Selective breedingRelated: Early cultivation and repeated seed choice began the selective shaping of crops.

• ArchaeobotanyRelated: Changes in seed size and form can mark the transition to domesticated crops.

• CabbageRelated: Selection for compact heads produced cabbage from its wild relatives.

• Brassica rapaRelated: Repeated selection produced the species’ strikingly different cultivated forms.

• Agricultural surplusRelated: Domesticated crops made harvests more predictable and could increase food available beyond daily consumption.

• Winter squashRelated: Long selection produced the diverse shapes, flavors, and storage traits of cultivated squash.

• Cucurbita pepoRelated: Human selection produced the crop’s many distinct fruit forms.

• Staple foodRelated: Domestication produced crops with traits suited to dependable large-scale food supplies.

• History of foodRelated: Domesticated crops became the basis of durable regional food traditions.

• Nikolai VavilovRelated: Domestication explains how the cultivated plants in Vavilov's studies arose.

• Pyrus pyrifoliaRelated: Selection for fruit quality shaped cultivated forms of this pear.

• History of agricultureRelated: Selecting useful traits transformed wild species into dependable crops.