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—...

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...

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.

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...

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?

"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...

Description In the Florida swamps, the food chain has just been rewritten. When a routine patrol in the Ten Thousand Islands uncovers a destroyed boat and a missing team, former Deputy Elena Cruz knows this is no ordinary poaching incident. The tracks are too deep, the violence too precise, and the silence of the mangroves too heavy. Teaming up with a disgraced scientist and a journalist chasing a ghost story, Elena heads into the teeth of a Category Two hurricane to find the truth. But the storm isn't the only thing hunting them. Deep in the flooded limestone caverns, a relic of the Cold ...

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.

"...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 ...

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".

Horses have a story to tell - one of resilience, sociability, and intelligence and of partnership with human beings. In The Horse, journalist and equestrienne Wendy Williams brings that story brilliantly to life. Williams chronicles the 56-million-year journey of horses as she visits with experts around the world, exploring what our biological affinities and differences can tell us about the bond between horses and humans and what our longtime companions might think and feel.

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....

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.

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...

For centuries, the boundary between human and animal was absolute, an unbreachable wall defined by nature and divine order. Yet in dusty archives and forgotten laboratory notes lies the history of a forbidden science, a relentless quest to shatter that wall. From the bizarre monkey-gland rejuvenation clinics of the twenties to the state-sanctioned Soviet program to breed a human-ape hybrid, the ambition to merge man and beast is far older and stranger than we know. This is the story of the scientists who dared to cross the ultimate biological frontier. Today, that once-fantastical ambition ...

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 ...

For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo--Evolutionary Developmental Biology--is the new science that has finally cracked open the box. Within the pages of his rich and riveting book, Sean B. Carroll explains how we are discovering that complex life is ironically much simpler than anyone ever expected.

As singular and strange as some of the weapons are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. He looks at everything from our armor and camouflage to the evolution of the rifle and the structures human populations have built across different regions and eras to protect their homes and communities.

Dive into a world where the elegance of dressage clashes with the cutting edge of science in Amy Simone's Dressage Divided, the thrilling third book in the Dressage Maverick Series!Clary Voss, inheritor of the prestigious Spurs of Grace, lives by the tenets of precision, control, and classical equestrian art, dedicated to her father's enduring legacy. But the serene calm of her meticulously crafted sanctuary is shattered by Ben Jackson's revolutionary proposal: to bring horse cloning technology to Spurs of Grace in partnership with Texas A&M.Imagine preserving champion bloodlines for ...