Manipulating Biology: Costs, Benefits and Controversies

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 18.05.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Teaching Strategies
  3. Classroom Activities
  4. Notes
  5. References
  6. Appendix

From Wolf to Woof! Artificial Selection via Selective Breeding

Jason Justin Ward

Published September 2018

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References

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Burgin, Connor J, Jocelyn P Colella, Philip L Kahn, and Nathan S Upham. “How Many Species of Mammals Are There?” Journal of Mammalogy 99, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx147.

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Driscoll, Carlos A, David W Macdonald, and Stephen J O’Brien. “From Wild Animals to Domestic Pets, an Evolutionary View of Domestication.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 Suppl, no. Supplement 1 (June 16, 2009): 9971–78. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901586106.

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"Nature: The Bloodhound's Amazing Sense of Smell." Accessed August 4, 2018.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/underdogs-the-bloodhounds-amazing-sense-of-smell/350/

Janssens, Luc, Liane Giemsch, Ralf Schmitz, Martin Street, Stefan Van Dongen, and Philippe Crombé. “A New Look at an Old Dog: Bonn-Oberkassel Reconsidered.” Journal of Archaeological Science 92 (April 1, 2018): 126–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JAS.2018.01.004.

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Pierotti, Raymond John, and Brandy R. Fogg. The First Domestication : How Wolves and Humans Coevolved. Accessed July 16, 2018. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300226164/first-domestication.

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