Robert bakewell - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Agricultural Revolution - A time when new inventions such as the seed drill and the steel plow made farming easier and faster. The production of food rose dramatically. Open field system - Common lands were open and strips of land for agriculture were not divided by fences or hedges Cornelius Vermuyden - most famous of Dutch engineers in drainage techniques Charles Townsend - Developed crop rotation and later drained much land back at home in England crop rotation - The practice of rot...

Animal Breeding Correct Answer: The science of using the principles of genetics to make improvement in a livestock species Robert Bakewell Correct Answer: "Father of animal breeding" Leased out males Mate the 'best of the best' shorthorn cattle Correct Answer: First organized breed of livestock 1580 Gregor Mendel Correct Answer: Father of genetics Established basic genetic principles population genetics Correct Answer: Branch of genetics which deals with the factors tha...