Animal Breeding Theory and its Experimental Check

Animal Experiments in Medicine Animal houses, breeding of experimental animals

Recent advances in animal breeding theory and its possible application in aquaculture

The genetic change of the population mean of a quantitative trait is the outcome of the action of two antagonistic forces: artificial or natural selection and genetic drift. The latter may generate inbreeding depression and erosion of the genetic variance, both for production and fitness traits. Inbreeding changes are cumulative and inversely proportional to the effective population size. To ke...

The evolution of animal breeding practices--commercial and experimental.

Precision animal breeding.

We accept that we are responsible for the quality of life of animals in our care. We accept that the activities of man affect all the living things with which we share this planet. But we are slow to realize that as a result we have a duty of care for all living things. That duty extends to the breeding of animals for which we are responsible. When animals are bred by man for a purpose, the aim...

Selection from Animal Breeding