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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret E. DerryPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9781442649040ISBN 10: 1442649046 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 16 March 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Artificial Selection Theory and Livestock Breeding, 1750–1900 2. Early Developments in Genetics 3. Practical Breeding via Theoretical Population Genetics 4. New Directions: Artificial Insemination Technology and Quantitative Genetics 5. Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and Livestock Breeding 6. Biology, Industry Needs, and Morality in Livestock Breeding Conclusions Notes Glossary BibliographyReviews'This is a richly informative book that draws on Derry's academic training and long experience as practical breeder.' -- Ann Norton Greene Agricultural History vol 90:01:2016 'This is a historian with deep and personal fascination for the world of animal breeding... There is much information in this book. It can be used as a reference for the key movements, ideas and people in the history of animal breeding.' -- Jennifer Adlem The British Journal for the History of Science vol 49:01:2016 'This is a richly informative book that draws on Derry's academic training and long experience as practical breeder.' -- Ann Norton Greene Agricultural History vol 90:01:2016 Author InformationMargaret E. Derry is an adjunct professor in the Department of History and associated faculty at the Campbell Centre for Animal Welfare in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Guelph. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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