{"product_id":"masterminding-nature-9781442649040","title":"Masterminding Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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 '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 '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 ambitious and a valuable contribution to the literature.' -- Rebecca J.H. Woods Endeavour vol 30:10:2016 '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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  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  Bibliography","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408371786071,"sku":"9781442649040","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442649040.jpg?v=1730502655","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/masterminding-nature-9781442649040","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}