Domesticated - Evolution in a Man-Made World - Hardcover

Richard C. Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393064603 ISBN 13: 9780393064605

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

Synopsis

The Pekingese is a tinkered wolf, not redesigned wholesale from its wolf ancestors. This study examines recent developments in evolutionary biology through the lens of domestication. The rapid physical and behavioural changes which, through centuries of breeding, have been wrought on pets and farm animals, allow us to see evolutionary processes accelerated, and therefore, Francis argues, to understand them better; particularly their conservative nature, a notion espoused by the fields of genomics and evolutionary developmental biology, which feature prominently here. Slightly off-mint.

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Review:

An effective primer on molecular genetics and the field of evolutionary development... Francis's ability to weave in interesting asides keeps the text thought provoking.

From the Author:

Richard C. Francis is a science journalist with a PhD in neurobiology from Stony Brook University. He is the author of the acclaimed books Epigenetics and Why Won't Men Ask for Directions?. Francis currently resides in northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393064603
• ISBN 13: 9780393064605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400