Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands.
BMC Biol. 2010 Jun 18;8:81. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-81.
Within their territories, damselfish cultivate particular algae for consumption. A recent study in BMC Evolutionary Biology shows extensive variation among and within fish species in the composition of these algal 'gardens', varying from monocultures to cultures of mixed species, and in the mode of cultivation. This fish-algal agriculture may provide insight into the early stages of domestication. See research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/185.
在它们的领地内,雀鲷为了食用而专门培养某些藻类。最近发表在 BMC 进化生物学上的一项研究表明,鱼类物种之间以及物种内部的这些藻类“花园”在组成、培养模式上存在广泛的差异,从单一培养到混合物种培养都有。这种鱼类-藻类农业可能为我们了解早期的驯化阶段提供一些线索。参见研究文章,网址是:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/185。