Understanding Animal Breeding 2th edition
ISBN:0130964492
ISBN13:9780130964496
Publisher:Prentice Hall
Authors:Richard M. Bourdon, Richard Bourdon
Understanding Animal Breeding Description
Understanding Animal Breeding 2 Edition An experienced animal breeder, Rick Bourdon designed this book to be a modern, technologically up-to-date approach to animal breeding. Understanding Animal Breeding addresses the abstract concepts of animal breeding, presenting the necessary mathematics, but previous experience in genetics and statistics is not assumed. Well organized and readable, the book stresses application, then explains theory for an overall understanding of the material. Coverage explores the latest material on interactions and breeding objectives; performance testing; probabilities and inheritance; the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with multiple alleles; realized response to selection; breeding for uniformity; and biotechnology. For practicing animal breeders as well as those interested in breeding and agriculture.