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—...

THE STORM IS NOT THE ONLY THING HUNTING THEM. Category 5 Hurricane Marta is tearing Isla Perdida apart. With the evacuation window slammed shut, Coast Guard veteran Danielle Ellison finds herself trapped inside the Helix Ascendant research facility as the perimeter fails. But the flooding corridors hide a much deadlier threat than the rising water. Helix Ascendant has been running an off-the-books breeding program, and the brutal weather has just released their most lethal assets. Apex predators from the Pleistocene epoch are now loose in the dark. Standing nine feet tall with massive bone-...

The perimeter was supposed to keep the nightmare contained. It failed. Deep in the Pacific Northwest, a federal quarantine zone surrounds the ruins of the Blackwater Ridge research facility. Deputy Cal Renner patrols the logging roads, enforcing a quiet isolation. He expects bored soldiers and restless locals. He does not expect to find a massive, unidentifiable kill cached twelve feet up in the canopy of an old growth cedar. Mara Keene survived the initial outbreak by fleeing into the timber. Now she carries the stolen data detailing the genetic resurrection program that started it all. ...

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 power grid fails at the isolated Helix Meridian facility, the desert gives up a deadly secret. Corporate auditor Lena arrived expecting to find administrative errors and budget discrepancies. Instead, she finds shattered fences and a compound overrun by apex predators that should not exist. Trapped in the dark with a handful of desperate employees, she must navigate pitch black corridors and a sprawling service yard where every shadow hides teeth and claws. The ultimate threat is not just a wild pack of animals. These carnivores are organized, calculating, and led by a massive ...

"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...

"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...

Briar Hollow has kept a bloody secret hidden deep within the Appalachian mountains for eleven years. Deputy Rebecca Slade never believed the local legends until a routine call on a rainswept mountain road brings her face to face with an impossible nightmare. A violent entity is slaughtering residents under the cover of darkness, and the local police force is entirely unequipped to stop it. Peter Rusk knows exactly what is hunting the citizens of his isolated community. He carries the same violent genetic curse in his veins, relying on iron chains and sheer willpower to lock himself away ...

Are you ready to transform the way we view and approach animal husbandry? "Compassionate Farming" is an enlightening journey, offering a thorough exploration into the profound responsibility we hold towards the animals under our care. This eBook is a comprehensive guide for anyone who seeks to align their farming practices with ethical standards while maintaining a productive and successful agricultural enterprise. Delve into the philosophy of ethical animal husbandry in the very first chapter, where complex notions of animal consciousness and sentience are unraveled. Discover how the Five ...

The captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology they developed to uncover the secrets of avian migration. For the past century, scientists and naturalists have been steadily unravelling the secrets of bird migration. How and why birds navigate the...

The Blackwater Ridge trail feels safe. It is managed and predictable. A flat tire changes everything. Sophie Moran and her father find themselves stranded as daylight fades. They are not alone in the trees. Something is moving through the undergrowth. A local outbreak has breached the containment zone. The animals are acting under new instructions. Their movements are mechanical. Their aggression is absolute. Henry Hale and his family are also trapped on the mountain. They barricade themselves inside an old ranger station. They must work together to survive the night. The threat outside is ...

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.

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....

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".

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 ...

"...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 ...

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 ...

In a world that engineered loyalty and monetized obedience, one silent uprising begins with a single pawprint. “Obedience Ends. Memory Remains.” Valor was never meant to remember. Genetically sculpted and psychologically conditioned to follow orders without question, he was just one of hundreds in an elite canine program. But when the code breaks, so does the silence—and suddenly, the memories come flooding back. Now, alongside a haunted former handler, a disgraced intelligence analyst, and a cast of dogs who have learned the truth, Valor must track the fragments of a system that ...

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.

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 ...