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Masterminding Nature - The Breeding of Animals, 1750-2010 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,265
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Masterminding Nature - The Breeding of Animals, 1750-2010 (Paperback): Margaret Derry

Masterminding Nature - The Breeding of Animals, 1750-2010 (Paperback)

Margaret Derry

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In Masterminding Nature, 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. A clear and concise introduction to the science and practice of artificial selection, Derry's book puts the history of breeding in its scientific, commercial, and social context.

Masterminding Nature explains why animal breeders continued to use eighteenth-century techniques well into the twentieth century, why the chicken industry was the first to use genetics in its breeding programs, and why it was the dairy cattle industry that embraced quantitative genetics and artificial insemination in the 1970s, as well as answering many other questions. Following the story right up to the present, the book concludes with an insightful analysis of today's complex relationships between biology, industry, and ethics.

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Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of origin: Canada
Release date: March 2015
First published: 2014
Authors: Margaret Derry
Dimensions: 229 x 154 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-2652-2
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Animal husbandry > Animal breeding
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LSN: 1-4426-2652-6
Barcode: 9781442626522

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