
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226599717ISBN-10:022659971XUPC:9780226599717Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, AnimalsBook Topic:Zoology, Evolution, MammalsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCXQ5YGER6
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs--they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken--imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226599717ISBN-10:022659971XUPC:9780226599717Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, AnimalsBook Topic:Zoology, Evolution, MammalsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCXQ5YGER6
Lee Alan Dugatkin is an evolutionary biologist and historian of science in the department of biology at the University of Louisville. His books include The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness and Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press. Lyudmila Trut is a professor of...
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