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The process of animal domestication / Marcelo R. S�anchez-Villagra.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Domestication--History.
- Domestication.
- Domestic animals--Evolution.
- Domestic animals.
- Domestic animals--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected by the myriad, complex, and diverse interactions humans have had with the animals closest to them. The Process of Animal Domestication presents a broad synthesis of this subject, from the rich biology behind the initial stages of domestication to how the creation of breeds reflects cultural and societal transformations that have impacted the biosphere.Marcelo S�anchez-Villagra draws from a wide range of fields, including evolutionary biology, zooarchaeology, ethnology, genetics, developmental biology, and evolutionary morphology to provide a fresh perspective to this classic topic. Relying on various conceptual and technical tools, he examines the natural history of phenotypes and their developmental origins. He presents case studies involving mammals, birds, fish, and insect species, and he highlights the importance of domestication for the comprehension of evolution, anatomy, ontogeny, and dozens of fundamental biological processes.Bringing together the most current developments, The Process of Animal Domestication will interest a wide range of readers, from evolutionary biologists, developmental biologists, and geneticists to anthropologists and archaeologists"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Pathways in time and space
- ch. 2 Domesticated mammals and birds: Species accounts
- ch. 3 The genetics of domestication
- ch. 4 Evolutionary development
- ch. 5 Ontogenetic change
- ch. 6 Life history and growth
- ch. 7 Morphological diversification
- ch. 8 Feralization and experimental domestication
- ch. 9 Fish domestication
- ch. 10 Insect domestication.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: S�anchez-Villagra, Marcelo. Process of animal domestication
- ISBN:
- 9780691217673
- 069121767X
- 9780691217666
- 0691217661
- OCLC:
- 1264746365
- Publisher Number:
- 99989605888
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