TY - BOOK AU - Rothschild,Max Frederick AU - Ruvinsky,Anatoly ED - C.A.B. International, TI - The genetics of the pig AV - SF396.9 .G45 2011eb U1 - 636.4/0821 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Swine KW - Genetics KW - Breeding KW - Sus scrofa KW - genetics KW - Animal Diseases KW - Genomics KW - Meat Producing Animals KW - Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000) KW - Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000) KW - Animal Behaviour KW - Animal Anatomy and Morphology, (New March 2000) KW - Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition) KW - Animal Immunology, (New March 2000) KW - Animal Tissue and Cell Culture KW - Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals KW - Meat Produce KW - Food Composition and Quality KW - Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000) KW - Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) KW - Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002) KW - Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Pharmacological Biotechnology, (New June 2002) KW - Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) KW - Taxonomy and Evolution KW - Pigs KW - cabt KW - Animal behaviour KW - Animal breeding KW - Animal genetic resources KW - Animal models KW - Behaviour KW - Boars KW - Carcass composition KW - Carcass quality KW - Carcass yield KW - Coat KW - Colour KW - Cytogenetics KW - Disease models KW - Domestication KW - Evolution KW - Genetic analysis KW - Genetic engineering KW - Genetic improvement KW - Genetically engineered organisms KW - Hereditary diseases KW - Immunity KW - Immunogenetics KW - Meat quality KW - Morphology KW - Nomenclature KW - Performance traits KW - Pig breeds KW - Pigmeat KW - Reproduction KW - Sows KW - Taxonomy KW - Transgenic animals KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface / Max F. Rothschild and Anatoly Ruvinsky -- Systematics and evolution of the pig / Anatoly Ruvinsky, Max F. Rothschild, Greger Larson and Jaime Gongora -- Genetic aspects of pig domestication / Greger Larsen, Thomas Cucchi, and Keith Dobney -- Molecular genetics of coat colour variation / Leif Andersson and Graham Plastow -- Genetics of morphological traits and inherited disorders / Frank W. Nicholas -- Molecular genetics / Chris Moran -- Immunogenetics / Joan K. Lunney, Tomoko Eguchi-Ogawa, Hirohide Uenishi, Nancy Wertz and John E. Butler -- Cytogenetics and chromosome maps / Terje Raudsepp and Bhanu P. Chowdhary -- Pig genomics / Martien A.M. Groenen, Lawrence B. Schook and Alan L. Archibald -- Behaviour genetics of the domestic pig / Anna K. Johnson and John J. McGlone -- Biology and genetics of reproduction / Jean-Pierre Bidanel -- Transgenics and modern reproductive technologies / Jason W. Ross and Randall S. Prather -- Developmental genetics / Michael Dyck and Anatoly Ruvinsky -- Pig genetic resources / Louis Ollivier and Jean-Louis Foulley -- Genetics of performance traits / Archie C. Clutter -- Genetics of meat quality and carcass traits / Daniel C. Ciobanu, Steven M. Lonergan, and Elisabeth J. Huff-Lonergan -- Genetic improvement of the pig / Jack C.M. Dekkers, Pramod K. Mathur, and Egbert F. Knol -- Pigs as a model for biomedical sciences / Kristy N. Kuzmuk and Larry B. Schook -- Breeds of pigs / David Buchanan and Ken Stalder -- Standard genetic nomenclature for the pig / Zhi-liang Hu, Carissa A. Park, and James M. Reecy; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - The second edition of this book contains chapters that discuss modern pig genetics, including taxonomy and evolution, domestication, coat colour variation, morphological traits and hereditary diseases, immunogenetics, cytogenetics, genomics, behaviour genetics, reproduction, transgenics, developmental genetics, pig genetic resources, performance traits, carcass and meat quality genetics, genetic improvement, pigs as models for biomedical sciences, pig breeds and genetic nomenclature. This book is intended for those who study or work with pigs UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845937560.0000 ER -