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The Theory and Practice of Guppy Breeding Second Edition of "The Theory and Practice of Guppy Breeding." This is the guppy's "missing manual." It is a fully illustrated introduction to guppy breeding, from simple Mendelian genetics to modern gene regulation theory. Includes a chapter on guppy color cells and how they create the illusion of color. A chapter on genetic analysis shows you how you can use simple genetic tools to decipher the genetics of your guppy and plan crosses. Chapters on breeding methods include such topics asbrecapturing a strain from a single male, developing a new strain, transferring genes between guppies. There is a new chapter on "Breeding the Show Guppy" which demystifies show guppy breeding techniques. A chapter on the major color mutations of the guppy gives you the information to decode most modern guppy strains. Guppy genes table. ISBN 978-1-926825-15-1 Table of Contents, Appendixes and Tables, Index, Fully Illustrated. Professionally designed in Adobe Indesign. Printed in Canada by First Choice Books. ISBN number: 978-1-926825-15-1
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Contents The missing manual for the guppy! The new softcover edition of the book includes an updated chapter on guppy color cell biology, listing the major color cells and their interactions. The book has a simplified chapter introducing the guppy breeder to basic Mendelian genetics. Then modern genetics is discussed with many examples from the author's own breeding experiments. The book covers genetic analysis, useful for designing breeding programs or for figuring out the genes involved in a cross. A new chapter on genetics for the show guppy breeder has been added. A final chapter covers the major mutations of modern guppies. The mutations are described and the genetics detailed. For a Table of Contents, download this PDF For the Introduction to the Book, download this PDF Free Books site membershipPurchase of the book entitles you to membership in the books site.
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