The genetics of cattle / edited by Dorian J. Garrick (Iowa State University, USA), and Anatoly Ruvinsky (University of New England, Australia).
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014Copyright date: 2015Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 1 online resource (x, 623 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Cattle -- Genetics
- Cattle -- Breeding
- Cattle -- genetics
- Dairy Animals
- Meat Producing Animals
- Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
- Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000)
- Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002)
- Taxonomy and Evolution
- Animal behaviour
- Animal breeding
- Beef cattle
- Biological development
- Biology
- Cattle breeds
- Chromosome analysis
- Chromosomes
- Dairy cattle
- Disease resistance
- Domestication
- Gene expression
- Gene mapping
- Genes
- Genetic analysis
- Genetic factors
- Genetic improvement
- Genetics
- Genome analysis
- Genomes
- Genomics
- Immune response
- Immunity
- Phylogenetics
- Phylogeny
- Reproduction
- Taxonomy
- LL110
- LL120
- LL240
- LL250
- ZZ360
- ZZ380
- 636.2/0821 23
- SF201 .G45 2014eb
Preceded by: Genetics of cattle / edited by R. Fries and A. Ruvinsky. c1999.
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This book contains 24 chapters covering various fields of genetics and biology of cattle. It serves as a reference book on cattle genetics for researchers, lecturers, students, farmers and specialists working in the industry. The first five chapters focus on systematics, phylogeny, domestication, breeds and factorial genetics of cattle. The next two chapters provide crucial information about the structure of bovine chromosomes and the genome, as well as gene mapping in cattle. The foundations of immune response and disease resistance are covered in chapters 8-10. Chapters 11-14 discuss the genetics of behaviour, reproduction and development. Moreover, chapters 15-23 are devoted to genetics applied to cattle improvement. The standard genetic nomenclature for cattle is presented in the final chapter.
Systematics and phylogeny of cattle / A. Hassanin -- Genetic aspects of domestication / J.A Lenstra and M. Felius -- Breeds of cattle / D.S. Buchanan and J.A Lenstra -- Molecular genetics of coat colour variation / A. Ruvinsky -- Genetics of morphological traits and inherited disorders / F.W. Nicholas -- Cytogenetics and chromosome maps / D.M. Larkin and M. Farré -- Bovine genomics / D. Adelson Z. Qu, J. M. Raison and S.L. Lim -- Bovine immunogenetics / Y. Aida, S-n. Takeshima, C.L. Baldwin and A.K. Kaushik -- Genetics of disease resistance / A. Ruvinsky and A. Teale -- Molecular biology and genetics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy / N. Hunter -- Genetics of behaviour in cattle / P. Wiener -- Genetics of reproduction in cattle / B.W. Kirkpatrick -- Modern reproductive technologies and breed improvement / H.A. Shojaei Saadi and C. Robert -- Developmental genetics / A. Ruvinsky -- Genetic improvement of dairy cattle / V. Ducrocq and G. Wiggans -- Molecular genetics of milk protein production / J.A. Sharp and K. Nicholas -- Genetic of fatty acid composition in bovine milk and beef / R.A. Nafikov, H. Soyeurt and D.C. Beitz -- Genetic improvement of beef cattle / B.P. Kinghorn, R.G. Banks and G. Simm -- Genomic prediction and genome-wide association studies in beef and dairy cattle / D.J. Garrick and R. Fernando -- Genetics of feed intake and efficiency / D. Berry, E. Kennedy and J.J. Crowley -- Genetics of growth and body composition / M.L. Thonney -- Genetics of meat quality / R.G. Mateescu -- Genetic aspects of cattle adaptation in the tropics / H.M. Burrow -- Standard genetic nomenclature / Z-L. Hu, J.M. Reecy, F. McCarthy and C.A. Park.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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