Made to Order

Made to Order

The Designing of Animals

Derry, Margaret E.

University of Toronto Press

04/2022

264

Dura

Inglês

9781487541606

15 a 20 dias

500

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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
domestic animals; culture of breeding; breeding science; animal disease; animal agriculture; veterinary medicine; agriculture; history of breeding; farming; cows; livestock; pedigree; molecular genetics; genomics