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Masterminding nature : the breeding of animals, 1750-2010 /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Derry, Margaret E. (Margaret Elsinor), 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; 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, the Rise of Genomics, and Livestock Breeding; 6 Biology, Industry Needs, and Morality in Livestock Breeding; Conclusions; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.