Margaret E. Derry

Made to Order

The Designing of Animals

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 150mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781487541606
• ISBN-10: 1487541600
• Artikelnr.: 62854625

Autorenporträt

By Margaret E. Derry

Inhaltsangabe

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