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Genetic prehistory in selective breeding : a prelude to Mendel
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Title
Genetic prehistory in selective breeding : a prelude to Mendel / Roger J. Wood, Vitězslav Orel.
ISBN
0198505841 (hbk : alk. paper)
Published
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Physical Description
xvii, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 11, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-305) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. The elusive law
2. The fleeces of Spain
Origin and development of the breed
Export of Merino breeding stock begins
The Merino enters northern Europe
3. Sheep breeding sets new standards
British sheep breeders react to the changing situation
The matter of heredity
Like begets like
The wider movement of stock
Generation, degeneration and selective breeding
Cross-breeding as an aid to selection
Breeding larger sheep
Breeding for other qualities
The question of incest
4. Bakewell's new system
Robert Bakewell and the management of his farm at Dishley
Stock improvement strategy
The origin of the Dishley sheep
Breeding in-and-in
Trait selection
Progeny testing
Dishley crosses
Bakewell's view of heredity
Changes in breeding practice summarised
5. Bakewell becomes a celebrity
The excitement of rising prices
Visitors to Dishley
Bakewell takes to the road
Bakewell's cause and character
Bakewell's critics
Bankruptcy reveals the extent of Bakewell's support
Bakewell and the scientific establishment
Bakewell's influence widens
Bakewell's legacy
6. Merinos in Sweden, France and Great Britain
Sweden
France
Great Britain
7. Merinos in German-speaking countries and Australia
Saxony
Prussia including Prussian Silesia
Austrian Empire
Australia
8. Ferdinand Geisslern, the Moravian Bakewell
Breeding methods
Geisslern's reputation
Transmission of Bakewell's ideas to Geisslern
9. From breeding principles to genetic laws
Sheep breeding in Moravia progresses from art towards science
The Sheep Breeders' Society
The enigma of inbreeding
'Genetic laws of nature'
The Pomological and Oenological Society
Breeding as an academic subject
10. The sheep breeders' legacy to Mendel
Heredity as a subject for research
Physiology and heredity
Heredity remains a mystery to animal breeders
Prelude to Mendel
Overview
References
Index.
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