kˈʌltᵻvˌeɪɾᵻd kɹˈɑːps, fɔːɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəl, hæv ᵻsˈɛnʃəli bˌɪn dʒɪnˈɛɾɪkli mˈɑːdᵻfˌaɪd fɔːɹ mˈoːɹ ðɐn tˈɛn θˈaʊzənd jˈɪɹz, sˈʌbdʒɛktᵻd tʊ ˌɑːɹɾɪfˈɪʃəl sᵻlˈɛktɪv pɹˈɛʃɚz, ænd fˈoːɹst tʊ ɐdˈæpt ɹˈæpɪdli tə nˈuː ɛnvˈaɪɹənmənts.
Cultivated crops, for example, have essentially been genetically modified for more than ten thousand years, subjected to artificial selective pressures, and forced to adapt rapidly to new environments.