New technologies in animal breeding / contributors, Keith J. Betteridge [and others] ; edited by Benjamin G. Brackett, George E. Seidel, Jr., Sarah M. Seidel.

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1981
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Credit: New technologies in animal breeding / contributors, Keith J. Betteridge [and others] ; edited by Benjamin G. Brackett, George E. Seidel, Jr., Sarah M. Seidel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    xiv Preface basic knowledge generated through research to very practical applications in animal breeding. Emphasis is on food-producing and large domestic animals, especially the bovine species. Reproductive processes in these animals represent the most appropriate targets for application of the new technologies presented. As this book goes to press, feelings of sadness are shared with the family and many friends of Dr. J. B. Peters, a fellow contributor and esteemed colleague, recently deceased. Dr. Peters will be remembered for his devotion to the im¬ provement of agriculture and for his good work in animal science at West Virginia University. The editors gratefully acknowledge the excellence and cooperation of each of the contributors, and the input of every participant in the OTA Conference on Impacts of Applied Genetics: Animal Breeding, and of scientists far and wide who have generously contributed information to the OTA assessment and to the literature—with apologies in advance for failure, in many instances, to make more proper acknowledgments. Special thanks are due to Miss Pamela J. Salsbury for secretarial assistance and to Mr. Lawrence Burton, Dr. Gretchen S. Kolsrud, and Dr. Zsolt Harsanyi of the Genetics and Population Program, OTA, U.S. Congress, for their effective collaboration in the early stages of this project. The interest, encouragement, and cooperation of the staff of Academic Press in expeditious publication are greatly appreciated. Benjamin G. Brackett George E. Seidel, Jr. Sarah M. Seidel