Darwin and his pigeons. The Analogy between artificial and natural selection revisited

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-212

  Theunissen, Bert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Charles Darwin; Domestic breeding; Evolution; Natural selection; Pigeon breeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; PIGEONS AND DOVES; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; COLUMBIDAE; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATURAL HISTORY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 84859780678     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-011-9310-8     Document Type: Article

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