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Poultry genetics, breeding and biotechnology /

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 ob...

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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • Industrial Perspective on Problems and Issues Associated with Poultry Breeding / James A. Arthur and Gerard A.A. Albers
  • Growth and Reproduction Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Broiler Meat Production / E. Decuypere, V. Bruggeman, G.F. Barbato and J. Buyse
  • Skeletal Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / Colin C. Whitehead, Robert H. Fleming, Richard J. Julian and Poul Sørensen
  • Meat Quality Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / Hervé Rémignon and Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval
  • Behaviour Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / J.B. Kjaer and J.A. Mench
  • Genotype-Environment Interactions : Problems Associated with Selection for Increased Production / P.K. Mathur
  • Breeding Objectives and Selection Strategies for Layer Production / A.F. Groen
  • Breeding Objectives and Selection Strategies for Broiler Production / Derek Emmerson
  • Use of Mixed Model Methodology in Breeding Strategies for Layers / B. Besbes and V. Ducrocq
  • Application of Mixed Model Methodology in Breeding Strategies for Meat-type Birds / Stanislaw Wfxyk and Jan Jankowski
  • Use of Mixed Model Methodology in Poultry Breeding : Estimation of Genetic Parameters / Tomasz Szwaczkowski
  • Use of Mixed Model Methodology in Poultry Breeding : Assumptions, Limitations and Concerns of BLUP-based Selection Programmes / Margaret Quinton
  • Direct Selection for Improvement of Animal Well-being / J.M. Faure, W. Bessei and R.B. Jones
  • Indirect Selection for Improvement of Animal Well-being / W.M. Muir
  • Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Poultry / Mary E. Delany
  • Progress and Prospects in Resistance to Disease / U. Kuhnlein, S.E. Aggrey and D. Zadworny
  • Genetics of the Immune System / J. Plachy, P. Kaiser and K. Hála
  • Genetic Resistance and Transmission of Avian Bacteria and Viruses / N. Bumstead
  • Genetic Resistance and Transmission of Avian Parasites / Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan, Hyun S. Lillehoj and James J. Zhu
  • Selection for Disease Resistance : Conventional Breeding for Resistance to Bacteria and Viruses / C. Beaumont, G. Dambrine, A.M. Chaussé and D. Flock
  • Selection for Disease Resistance : Molecular Genetic Techniques / Hans H. Cheng
  • Selection for Disease Resistance : Direct Selection on the Immune Response / Susan J. Lamont, Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan, Avigdor Cahaner, Jan J. van der Poel and Henk K. Parmentier
  • Genetic Markers : Prospects and Applications in Genetic Analysis / Samuel E. Aggrey and Ronald Okimoto
  • Designs and Methods to Detect QTL for Production Traits Based on Mapped Genetic Markers / Johan A.M. van Arendonk and Henk Bovenhuis
  • Designs and Methods to Detect QTL for Production Traits Based on Random Genetic Models / Nengjun Yi and Shizhong Xu
  • Structural Genomics : Integrating Linkage, Physical and Sequence Maps / Martien A.M. Groenen and Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans
  • Incorporating Molecular Information in Breeding Programmes : Methodology / Rohan L. Fernando and Liviu R. Totir
  • Incorporating Molecular Information in Breeding Programmes : Applications and Limitations / W.M. Muir
  • Comparative Genomics / David W. Burt
  • Functional Genomics : Development and Gene Regulation / John Killefer and Hakan Kocamis
  • Expressed Sequence Tags, DNA Chip Technology and Gene Expression Profiling / Larry A. Cogburn, Robin Morgan and Joan Burnside
  • DNA Polymorphisms in Functional Genes / U. Kuhnlein, S.E. Aggrey, N. Kansaku and D. Zadworny
  • Strategies for the Production of Transgenic Chickens / James N. Petitte
  • The Future of Molecular Genetics in Poultry Breeding / Jerry B. Dodgson.

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