Derry, Margaret Elsinor (Author)
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.
...MoreReview Ann Norton Greene (2016) Review of "Masterminding Nature: The Breeding of Animals, 1750--2010". Agricultural History (pp. 122-123).
Review Rebecca J.H. Woods (2016) Review of "Masterminding Nature: The Breeding of Animals, 1750--2010". Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (p. 204).
Review Jonathan Harwood (2016) Review of "Masterminding Nature: The Breeding of Animals, 1750--2010". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 650-651).
Review Jennifer Adlem (2016) Review of "Masterminding Nature: The Breeding of Animals, 1750--2010". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 126-127).
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