Example sentences for: domesticated

How can you use “domesticated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cultivars (domesticated varieties) have been selected by humans in the last 10,000 years and inevitably represent a subset of the variation found in their wild ancestors.

  • In some cases, transposable elements may have been domesticated by their host to serve clear functional roles [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] . Most human transposable elements are retrotransposons.

  • For approximately 10,000 years, human beings have modified the traits of plants and animals, giving rise to hundreds of thousands of domesticated breeds that today form the foundation of the world's food supply.

  • We know the cat was domesticated both in the East and West in the early historical period, the ancient Egyptians being credited with having been the first people to have done so and at one period in their history to have worshiped it as sacred.

  • The history of domesticated plant form and function evolves along a two-tiered track that doubles back on itself, offering panoramic vistas of natural forces intertwined with the creative force of human endeavor (Figure 1).


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