The genetics of the dog.

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd edition /
• Subjects: Dogs > genetics.; Breeding.; Draught Animals.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Behaviour.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Dogs.; Animal anatomy.; Animal behaviour.; Gene mapping.; Genes.; Genetic analysis.; Genetic disorders.; Genomes.; Genotypes.; Immunogenetics.; Morphology.; Pedigree.; Reproduction.; Traits.; Working animals.; Electronic books.
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This second edition book presents a comprehensive description of all modern topics related to dog genetics from various scientists in the USA, Europe, Australia and Russia. The systematics, phylogeny, domestication and single gene traits are discussed in chapters 1-5, chapters 6-10 are on immunogene...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Elaine A. Ostrander and Anatoly Ruvinsky
• Canid Phylogeny and Origin of the Domestic Dog / Carles Vilà and Jennifer A. Leonard
• Experimental Studies of Early Canid Domestication / Lyudmila N. Trut, Irina N. Oskina and Anastasiya V. Kharlamova
• The History and Relationships of Dog Breeds / Heidi G. Parker
• Molecular Genetics of Coat Colour, Texture and Length in the Dog / Christopher B. Kaelin and Gregory S. Barsh
• Mendelian Traits in the Dog / Frank W. Nicholas
• Canine Immunogenetics / Lorna J. Kennedy, William E.R. Ollier, Eliane Marti, John L. Wagner and Rainer E Storb
• The Genetics of Canine Orthopaedic Traits / Gert J. Breur, Nicolaas E. Lambrechts and Rory J. Todhunter
• Genetics of Cancer in Dogs / David R. Sargon
• Genetics of Neurological Disease in the Dog / Hannes Lohi
• Genetics of Eye Disorders in the Dog / Cathryn S. Mellersh
• Canine Cytogenetics and Chromosome Maps / Matthew Breen and Rachael Thomas
• Canine Genomics / Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
• Genetics of Canine Behavioural Disorders / Jennifer S. Yokoyama and Steven P. Hamilton
• Biology of Reproduction and Modern Reproductive Technology in the Dog / Catharina Linde Forsberg and Karine Reynaud
• Developmental Genetics / Anatoly Ruvinsky and Mark Hill
• Genetics of Morphological Traits in the Domestic Dog / Elaine A. Ostrander and Carlos D. Bustamante
• Canine Olfactory Genetics / Pascale Quignon, Stéphanie Robin and Francis Galibert
• Pedigree Analysis, Genotype Testing and Genetic Counselling / Anita M. Oberbauer
• Genetics of Quantitative Traits and Improvement of the Dog Breeds / Thomas R. Famula
• Complex Traits in the Dog / Karl G. Lark and Kevin Chase
• The Canine Model in Medical Genetics / Alan N. Wilton and Paula S. Henthorn
• Genetic Aspects of Performance in Working Dogs / Heather J. Huson
• Genetic Nomenclature / Zhi-Liang Hu and James M. Reecy.