Made to Order - The Designing of Animals

Made to Order explains more than three centuries of attitudes toward animal breeding.

List of contents

Introduction
How to Breed Animals: Theory and Method
1. Animal Breeding Practices and Methods from Roman Times to 1900
2. Mendelism, Quantitative Genetics, and Animal Breeding, 1900-2000
3. Animal Breeding in the Age of Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics, 1990-2020
What to Breed For: The Many Aims of Selection
4. Specialization for Purpose and Animal Breeding
5. Implications of Breeding for Colour
6. Breeding for Authenticity
Orchestrating Breeding: Pedigrees and Trade
7. Pedigree Versus No Pedigree and the Market Value of Animals
8. The Effects of Pedigrees on International Trade
Final Remarks
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography of Useful Sources

About the author

Margaret E. Derry is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and associated faculty at the Campbell Centre for Animal Welfare in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Guelph.

Summary

Made to Order explains more than three centuries of attitudes toward animal breeding.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret E Derry, Margaret E. Derry
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781487541606
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-4160-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine