Masterminding nature : the breeding of animals, 1750-2010 / Margaret E. Derry.
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- Derry, Margaret Elsinor, 1945- (author.)
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Alternativt namn: Derry, Margaret E., 1945-
- ISBN 9781442649040
- Publicerad: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
- Engelska viii, 310 pages
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Introduction -- Artificial selection theory and livestock breeding, 1750-1900 -- Early developments in genetics -- Practical breeding via theoretical population genetics -- New directions : artificial insemination technology and quantitative genetics -- Molecular genetics, the rise of genomics, and livestock breeding -- Biology, industry needs, and morality in livestock breeding -- Conclusions.
- Canadian historian Margaret Derry examines the evolution of modern animal breeding from the invention of improved breeding methods in 18th-century England to the application of molecular genetics in the 1980s and 1990s.
Ämnesord
- Livestock -- Breeding -- History. (LCSH)
- Livestock. (MeSH)
- Breeding. (MeSH)
- Genetics. (MeSH)
- Insemination, Artificial. (MeSH)
- Bétail -- Amélioration -- Histoire. (Vedettes-matière)
- Nutztierzucht. (gnd)
- Künstliche Auslese. (gnd)
- animal breeding (agrovoc)
- livestock (agrovoc)
- history (agrovoc)
- breeding methods (agrovoc)
- animal genetics (agrovoc)
- genomics (agrovoc)
- Livestock -- Breeding. (fast)
Genre
- History (fast)
Klassifikation
- SF105 (LCC)
- SF105 (LAC)
- SF105 (NAL)
- 636.08/209 (DDC)
- Qdf (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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