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An Introduction to Practical Animal Breeding: Part I. Traits in farm animals.

Agriculture, farming, New Zealand, animal breeding, genetics, farm animal traits, livestock improvement, theory, Mendelism, gene action and interaction, breeding decisions, major traits. An Introduction to Practical Animal Breeding By Dr Clive Dalton PART 1. The Traits in Farm Animals Man and his animals Most of the animals currently husbanded by man were domesticated in neolithic … Read more

An Introduction to Practical Animal Breeding: Part II. Basic biology

Agriculture, New Zealand, farming, animal breeding, genetics, livestock improvement, theory, practical advice, basic biology, Mendel, Mendelism, chromosomes, genes, terminology. By Dr Clive Dalton PART II Basic biology Mendelism Basic biology The cell is the basic component of all living tissue. Its discovery, which led to the ‘cell theory’, occurred in the 1830s and was followed … Read more