How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
Author(s)
Dugatkin, Lee Alan
Trut, Lyudmila
Dugatkin, Lee Alan
Trut, Lyudmila
In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut set out to speed up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. They started with a few dozen silver foxes from fox farms in the USSR and attempting to recreate the evolution of wolves into dogs in real time in order to witness the process of domestication. Within a decade the experiments had resulted in puppy-like foxes with floppy ears, piebald spots, and curly tails. Along with these physical changes came genetic and behavioral changes, as well. Dugatkin and Trut examine the adventure, science, politics, and love behind it all.
Keywords
Beli︠a︡ev, D. K, Silver fox--Genetic engineering, Domestication, Evolutionary genetics, Animal genetic engineering, Animal genetic engineering--Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Genetics, Experimental, Genetics, Experimental--Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Geneticists, Geneticists--Soviet Union, Foxes--genetics, Agriculture -- Animal culture -- Fur-bearing animals, SF405.F8 D84 2017, 636.9776
Beli︠a︡ev, D. K, Silver fox--Genetic engineering, Domestication, Evolutionary genetics, Animal genetic engineering, Animal genetic engineering--Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Genetics, Experimental, Genetics, Experimental--Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Geneticists, Geneticists--Soviet Union, Foxes--genetics, Agriculture -- Animal culture -- Fur-bearing animals, SF405.F8 D84 2017, 636.9776
| Name in long format: | How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution |
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| ISBN-10: | 022644418X |
| ISBN-13: | 9780226444185 |
| Book pages: | 240 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | Illustrated |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 0.8 Inches, Length: 9.1 Inches, Weight: 1.06262810284 Pounds, Width: 6.2 Inches |
