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100 1 0 _aLabatut, Julie
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245 0 0 _aValuation of life: genetic models and the making of markets
260 _c2018.
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520 _aHow do we give value to living things and intangible goods ? One of the major illustrations of the economisation of nature is the development of animal semen markets for improving worldwide livestock production. Scientific and technological developments (artificial insemination, evaluation of animal genetic worth through scientific models and genetic indexes, and more recently genomics) have contributed to this process. While use of the term ‘life merchandizing’ is recent, the practice of improving and commercializing breeds of domestic animals has been a part of the modernization of agriculture for a long time. This paper analyses some key development from the 18th to the 20th century and addresses such questions as how animal genetics became a commodity, how it was evaluated and what role scientific tools played in this process.
690 _aprogeny testing
690 _aaccountability
690 _aeconomic sociology
690 _adomestic animals
690 _aEngland
690 _aNational Institute for Agronomic Research
690 _aUnited States
690 _aquantitative genetics
690 _aFrance
690 _agenetic indexes
786 0 _nEntreprises et histoire | o 88 | 3 | 2018-02-12 | p. 89-102 | 1161-2770
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-entreprises-et-histoire-2017-3-page-89?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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