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The genetics of the pig /

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, development...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
Edition:2nd edition.
Subjects:
Swine > Genetics.
Swine > Breeding.
Sus scrofa > genetics.
Animal Diseases > genetics.
Breeding.
Genomics.
Meat Producing Animals.
Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000)
Animal Behaviour.
Animal Anatomy and Morphology, (New March 2000)
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition)
Animal Immunology, (New March 2000)
Animal Tissue and Cell Culture.
Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.
Meat Produce.
Food Composition and Quality.
Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000)
Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002)
Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002)
Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Pharmacological Biotechnology, (New June 2002)
Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002)
Taxonomy and Evolution.
Pigs.
Animal behaviour.
Animal breeding.
Animal genetic resources.
Animal models.
Behaviour.
Boars.
Carcass composition.
Carcass quality.
Carcass yield.
Coat.
Colour.
Cytogenetics.
Disease models.
Domestication.
Evolution.
Genetic analysis.
Genetic engineering.
Genetic improvement.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Genetics.
Hereditary diseases.
Immunity.
Immunogenetics.
Meat quality.
Morphology.
Nomenclature.
Performance traits.
Pig breeds.
Pigmeat.
Reproduction.
Sows.
Taxonomy.
Transgenic animals.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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