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| An animal not genetically altered by 'artificial selection' for use by humans |
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| A wild animal that through intervention of man, has adapted behaviorally so as to be traceable and useful to humans |
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| A wild animal belonging to a species whose historic native range lies totally outside Canada and the U.S and/or its territories |
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| An Animal that has been genetically altered from the original wild species for use by humans through the agency of artificial selection |
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| A domestic animal that lives in the wild with no human assistance |
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| A reproducing group of feral animals |
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| A population of animals, the individuals of which may vary within defined phenotypic and genotypic limits. When mated among themselves, the offspring produced are also within the original limits. Generally have an organization or association of breeders, who generally breed their animals according to a stated conceptual standard |
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| Used in some species to designate groups of animals within a breed that have shared morphological (structural) traits, such as coat types, comb types, patterns, and the presence or absence of horns. A common term utilized with chickens and turkeys |
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| A sub-population of a breed or a variety that has unique ancestral similarities or a restricted phenotypic range as compared to the breed variety as a whole |
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| A population of domesticated animals locally selected and used and generally bred within itself. Tends to vary within itself somewhat more than does a breed and tends to not have organized breeders or a breed standard. |
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Domestication
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| To adapt an animal or plant to life in an intimate association and to the advantage of man or another species by modifying growth and traits through provision of food, protection from enemies, and selective (artificial selection) breeding during generations of living in association and often to the extent that the domesticated forms loses the ability to survive in nature. |
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Domestication
(R. Bennett) |
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| plant or animal is one that people have consciously taken into the cultural context of their living space for any purpose whatsoever. |
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