Animal Genetics

Unlock the secrets of animal breeding with The Foundations of Animal Breeding, an essential guide that delves deep into the intricate world of genetics and selective breeding techniques. This comprehensive eBook offers a robust exploration of the foundations that form the backbone of modern breeding practices across various animal species. Begin your journey with a fascinating introduction to the history of animal breeding, and discover why genetics play a pivotal role in the selection techniques employed today. Gain a clear understanding of DNA, genes, genetic inheritance, and mutations—...

Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard - only to give their hard-earned money away? When it comes to making decisions, the classic view is that humans are eminently rational. But growing evidence suggests instead that our choices are often irrational, biased, and occasionally even moronic. Which view is right - or is there another possibility?

Introducing "The Social Animal" - a captivating and insightful journey into the intricacies of human behavior and relationships. This eBook provides a comprehensive exploration of the various aspects that make us social beings, presenting a fresh perspective on what makes us tick in our interactions with one another. Dive into the world of emotional intelligence, and delve into the power it possesses in shaping our relationships. Discover the neuroscience of love and how attraction and attachment play a vital role in our connections with others. The nature vs. nurture debate comes alive in ...

The Territorial Imperative is a work of wit, of literary wealth, of high adventure. The author draws on his inexhaustible knowledge of animal ways and takes his listeners on deep excursions into the ancient animal world, and on deep penetrations of the contemporary human wilderness.

Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics - as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policies.

When the dogs changed, everything did. It started in Marshall, Wisconsin—a quiet town tucked between forests and farmland. Life moved slow there. People left their doors unlocked. Dogs slept at the foot of their owners' beds. Then came the sickness. At first, no one noticed. A strange bark. A sudden growl. A flash of teeth from the family Labrador who’d never harmed a soul. Within days, the town was in chaos. The virus spread like wildfire through the canine population—man’s best friend turning into something wild, something dangerous. Dogs abandoned by their terrified owners formed...

You are going to love this book as it will most certainly eliminate many of the questions you are having about the Old Testament of the Bible. Unlike what you possibly were told, there are actually 12 different Genesis books written during ancient times. Some were source books for Moses writing his version, but all have been accepted in one way or another by Christian groups around the world. By Cross-comparison, instead making up missing potions, we follow the Apostle Paul's command to read "All SCRIPTURES FOR ENLIGHTENMENT". Don't push truth away truth for comfort or desire to have ...

Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers! When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one...

From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space. Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to...

On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods. That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation....

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why? In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of storytelling. He argues that stories help us navigate life's complex social problems.

"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING." --People It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to...

“A remarkable combination of biology, genetics, zoology, evolutionary psychology and philosophy.” —Richard Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory “A brilliant, thought-provoking book.” —Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library A...

A remote camping trip was meant to save their family. Now, it will tear them apart. Ben Hollis promised his family the perfect escape: a secluded spot in a pristine forest, far from the crowds and the stress of their lives. But the idyllic clearing he discovered holds a horrifying secret. A foul, chemical stench taints the air, the creek is choked with dead fish, and an unnatural silence blankets the woods. They are not alone. The creature stalking them is no ordinary animal. Warped by an experimental growth hormone leaking from abandoned barrels, it is a monster of impossible size and ...

De la mano de uno de los historiadores más interesantes de la actualidad, he aquí la fascinante interpretación de Yuval Noah Harari sobre la historia de la humanidad. Bestseller nacional e internacional, este libro explora las formas en que la biología y la historia nos han definido y han mejorado nuestra comprensión de lo que significa ser "humano".

Best seller in Crime & Mystery Sci Fi! Best Seller in Genetic Engineering Sci Fi! Does one ornery old chimp hold the key to saving the world? Orphaned in a global pandemic, sixteen-year-old Jackie has survived with a snarky attitude, a fierce love for animals, and a knack for taking on bullies. When she lands a job caring for a research lab’s chimpanzee, she expects nothing more than a quiet place to hide out until she turns eighteen and is dumped, without family or friends, into an uncaring world. But something’s wrong at the lab. As experiments go sideways, researchers sicken, and ...

"...the fast pacing and the author’s willingness to not pull punches will make science fiction thriller devotees eager for more of his work." - Publishers WeeklyFinalist in the 2019 Screencraft Cinematic Book CompetitionThe Island of Dr. Moreau meets "The Most Dangerous Game" by way of Michael Crichton in this suspenseful technothriller about the dark potential of genetic engineering.For Sydney Marlowe, getting a coveted research position with enigmatic biotech CEO Billy Sans seems like a dream come true. She and three other interns are flown halfway around the world to a remote private ...

How a mysterious, super-powerful—yet long-neglected—microbe rules our world and can rescue our health in the age of antibiotic resistance. At every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth...

Riley Black brings us back in time to prehistoric seas, swamps, forests, and savannas where critical moments in plant evolution unfolded. Each chapter stars plants and animals alike, underscoring how the interactions between species have helped shape the world we call home. As the chapters move upwards in time, Black guides listeners along the burgeoning trunk of the Tree of Life, stopping to appreciate branches of an evolutionary story that links the world we know with one we can only just perceive now through the silent stone, from ancient roots to the present.

Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom — the Metazoa— they can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds.