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Unnatural selection

Unnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding--the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander scale<U+2015>a scale that encompasses all life on Earth. We'd call it evolution.

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Main Author: Van Grouw, Katrina, 1965- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Animal breeding > Evolution.
Animal genetics.
Evolution (Biology)
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Summary:Unnatural Selection is a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding--the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander scale<U+2015>a scale that encompasses all life on Earth. We'd call it evolution.
Physical Description:pages ; cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780691157061
0691157065
Author Notes:Katrina van Grouw, author of The Unfeathered Bird (Princeton), inhabits that no man's land midway between art and science. She holds degrees in fine art and natural history illustration and is a former curator of ornithological collections at a major national museum. She's a self-taught scientist with a passion for evolutionary biology and its history.

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