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Belyaev's experiment
100
Where do we usually keep animals in captivity?
A zoo.
100
Aggressive ___________
behavior
100
Domestication (n.) What is the verb form?
Domestication
100
To train an animal when it is young to live peacefully with humans
Tame
100
What was the goal of the experiment?
To recreate the process of domestication in a compressed time period.
200
What is another word for "hand over?"
Give
200
Breed ______________
animals
200
Advantageous (adj.) What is the noun form?
Advantage
200
Young animals or people.
Juveniles
200
Name 2 characteristics we see in domesticated animals in contrast their wild counterparts.
Floppier ears, spotted coat, curlier tail.
300
If I want to squeeze something into a small space, I ___________ it.
compress
300
Undergo a ____________
transformation
300
Prosperity (adj.) What is the verb form?
Prosper
300
A process that occurs through many generations in which wild animals become used to living in close proximity to humans.
Domestication
300
How many generations did it take to tame the foxes?
Nine generations
400
What do we call animals' babies?
Offspring
400
Inherit a _______________
gene
400
Affectionate (adj.) What is the noun form?
Affection
400
The process of choosing animals with desirable traits in each generation to breed.
Selective breeding
400
How did the experimenters decide which foxes to breed for the next generation?
They chose the foxes that were most docile.
500
When two groups of people or two groups of animals live in harmony together, they ______________.
coexist
500
Exhibit a _____________
trait
500
Gene (n.) What is the adjective form?
Genetic
500
A natural process in which only animals with characteristics that are helpful for living in their environment will survive
Natural Selection
500
Why did researchers not attempt to train the foxes in the experiment?
So that the changes in the foxes behavior were the result of selective breeding, not training.
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