Unnatural selection /

Van Grouw celebrates the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, by explaining a previously missing piece to the evolutionary puzzle: the knowledge of how individual traits are passed from one generation to the next. She builds on the analo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van Grouw, Katrina, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. > Variation of animals and plants under domestication.
Animal breeding > Evolution.
Domestic animals > Evolution.
Animal genetics.
Evolution (Biology)
Animaux domestiques > Évolution.
Génétique animale.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Plants & Animals.
Domestic animals > Evolution
Animal genetics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Origin. Problems with pigeonholes ; Plastic animals ; Darwin's universal law
  • Part 2: Inheritance. Colored liquid, colored glass ; A question of dominance ; "Natura non facit saltus"
  • Part 3: Variation: The "M" word ; Common threads ; Terms & conditions apply
  • Part 4: Selection. Facets of fitness ; Islands of all kinds ; Between dog & wolf.

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