Masterminding Nature - The Breeding of Animals, 1750-2010

Informationen zum Autor By Margaret E. Derry Klappentext Margaret Derry examines the evolution of modern animal breeding from the invention of improved breeding methodologies in eighteenth-century England to the application of molecular genetics in the 1980s and 1990s. Zusammenfassung Margaret Derry examines the evolution of modern animal breeding from the invention of improved breeding methodologies in eighteenth-century England to the application of molecular genetics in the 1980s and 1990s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Artificial Selection Theory and Livestock Breeding, 1750–1900 2. Early Developments in Genetics 3. Practical Breeding via Theoretical Population Genetics 4. New Directions: Artificial Insemination Technology and Quantitative Genetics 5. Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and Livestock Breeding 6. Biology, Industry Needs, and Morality in Livestock Breeding Conclusions Notes Glossary Bibliography

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• Authors: Margaret Derry, Margaret E. Derry
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2015
• EAN: 9781442626522
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-2652-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous