Poultry genetics, breeding and biotechnology /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Poultry > Genetics.; Poultry > Breeding.; Poultry > Genetic engineering.; Information and Documentation.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Animal breeding.; Bioinformatics.; Disease resistance.; Disease transmission.; Genetics.; Genomes.; Molecular genetics.; Poultry.; Quantitative genetics.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 706 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains articles on the quantitative and molecular genetics of poultry, the uses of transgenic technology, and genetics of disease resistance and transmission. It is divided into 4 parts: problems and issues associated with poultry breeding (part 1; 6 chapters); breeding strategies and objectives (part 2; 9 chapters); disease resistance and transmission (part 3; 7 chapters); and the use of genomics and bioinformatics in poultry (part 4; 12 chapters).