Understanding Animal Breeding

Richard M. Bourdon

ISBN 10: 0130964492 / ISBN 13: 9780130964496

Published by Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2000

About this Item

The book is a hardcover in good condition. There is some wear on the cover corners and edges, but the binding remains strong and intact. The pages are clean and free from inscriptions or markings. There is no dust jacket present.

Seller Inventory # A22-B8-DRJ-0047

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Animal Breeding
• Publisher: Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130964492
• ISBN 13: 9780130964496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket present

About this title

Synopsis

For Animal Breeding and Genetics courses.

An experienced educator in animal breeding, Rick Bourdon designed this book to be a modern, technologically up-to-date approach to animal breeding that is less intimidating to students than competing texts. The book is meant to be a learning text or guide as opposed to simply a reference. 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.

From the Back Cover

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.