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Adaptation and fitness in animal populations

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Defining Fitness in Natural and Domesticated Populations
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    Chapter 2 Genetic Architecture of Reproductive Fitness and its Consequences
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    Chapter 3 Fitness Traits in Animal Breeding Programs
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    Chapter 4 Discussion
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    Chapter 5 Maintaining Genetic Variation in Fitness
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    Chapter 6 Spherical Cows Grazing in Flatland: Constraints to Selection and Adaptation
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    Chapter 7 Maintaining Fitness by Within Breed Selection
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    Chapter 8 Discussion
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    Chapter 9 Some Evolutionary Consequences of Niche Construction with Genotype-Environment Interaction
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    Chapter 10 Genotype by Environment Interaction in Farm Animals
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    Chapter 11 Drosophila and Selection in Nature: From Laboratory Fitness Components to Field Assessments
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    Chapter 12 Discussion
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    Chapter 13 Strategies to Exploit Genetic Variation While Maintaining Diversity
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    Chapter 14 Managing Genetic Diversity, Fitness and Adaptation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources
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    Chapter 15 Livestock Genetic Resources: Preserving Genetic Adaptations for Future Use
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    Chapter 16 Discussion
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    Chapter 17 Concluding Summary
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    Chapter 18 Stuart Barker’s Contributions to Population Genetics and Animal Breeding: Exploring Fitness, Evolution and Animal Genetics
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Chapter title
Fitness Traits in Animal Breeding Programs
Chapter number 3
Book title
Adaptation and Fitness in Animal Populations
Published by
Springer, Dordrecht, January 2009
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-9005-9_3
Book ISBNs
978-1-4020-9004-2, 978-1-4020-9005-9
Authors

Michael Goddard

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 8%
United States 1 4%
Unknown 22 88%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 20%
Researcher 3 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 6 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 44%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 3 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Mathematics 1 4%
Social Sciences 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 28%