domestic

Reproduction

...ty to show up at his job as required. Much of this domestic labor has historically been the responsibility of women; thus it is of particular interest in feminist economics. See also conjugation sexual intercourse father paternity mother custody self-replication reproduct...

Herbivore

...(including all members of the horse family such as domestic horses , donkeys , and zebras ) Deer Elephants Some rodents such as guinea pigs , porcupines , beavers , and capybaras Rabbits Grasshoppers Snails and slugs For a complete further list of herbivorous animals see list...

Experimental evolution

...Origin of Species with a chapter on variation in domestic animals. In this chapter, Darwin discussed in particular the pigeon. He wrote: "Altogether at least a score of pigeons might be chosen, which if shown to an ornithologist, and he were told that they were wild birds, would certainly, I think, be ran...

Eugenics

...ESCO statement on race (though, notably, American domestic policy towards race issues were still highly discriminatory). Along with these other reactions to Nazi ideas, eugenics was almost universally reviled in many of the nations in which it had once been popular (some eugenics programs, including steril...

Charles Darwin

...sing from his theory. Experiments on seedlings and domestic animal bones dominated, but when with his ill daughter at a seaside resort he became absorbed in the fashionable subject of orchids , and this grew into an innovative study of how their beautiful flowers served to control insect pollination and ensu...

Carnivore

... in vital nutrients. Cats (not only including domestic cats but also including lions , tigers , and ot...mbers of the cat family.) Dogs (again not only domestic dogs , though it is debated whether they are carnivores or omnivores, but wild dogs such as coyotes...

Biodiversity

...rease the crop diversity when selectively breeding domestic corn. Economic role of biodiversity For all humans, biodiversity is first a resource for daily life. Such 'crop diversity' is also called agrobiodiversity . Most people see biodiversity as a reservoir of resources to be drawn upon for the...

Avian influenza

...stant carriers , spreading it to more susceptible domestic stocks. It can also be transmitted by contaminated feed, water, equipment and clothing; however, there is no evidence that the virus can survive in well cooked meat. Cats are also thought to be possible infection vectors for H5N1 strains of avian...

Reproduction

...ty to show up at his job as required. Much of this domestic labor has historically been the responsibility of women; thus it is of particular interest in feminist economics. See also conjugation sexual intercourse father paternity mother custody self-replication reproduct...