Masterminding Nature

The Breeding of Animals, 1750-2010

AvMargaret E. Derry

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-03-16
Mått:163 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt:600 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781442649040

Utforska kategorier

Djurhållning inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Margaret 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.

Recensioner i media

‘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) ‘Masterminding Nature is an informative account of the various innovations that have marked the livestock industry.’- Anna Thompson Hajdik (Business History Review vol 90:01:2016) ‘Masterminding Nature is an ambitious and a valuable contribution to the literature.’- Rebecca J.H. Woods (Endeavour vol 30:10:2016) ‘The book offers a gold mine of information for historians of breeding and of the agricultural sciences more generally, and several of its overreaching themes are potentially of interest to a wider range of historians.’- Jonathan Harwood (Isis Journal September 2016)

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Artificial Selection Theory and Livestock Breeding, 1750–19002. Early Developments in Genetics3. Practical Breeding via Theoretical Population Genetics4. New Directions: Artificial Insemination Technology and Quantitative Genetics5. Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and Livestock Breeding6. Biology, Industry Needs, and Morality in Livestock BreedingConclusionsNotesGlossaryBibliography