The genetics of cattle /

• Other Authors: Garrick, Dorian J. 1960- (Editor), Ruvinsky, Anatoly, (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Cattle > Genetics.; Cattle > Breeding.; Cattle > genetics.; Dairy Animals.; Meat Producing Animals.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Animal behaviour.; Animal breeding.; Beef cattle.; Biological development.; Biology.; Cattle breeds.; Chromosome analysis.; Chromosomes.; Dairy cattle.; Disease resistance.; Domestication.; Gene expression.; Gene mapping.; Genes.; Genetic analysis.; Genetic factors.; Genetic improvement.; Genetics.; Genome analysis.; Genomes.; Genomics.; Immune response.; Immunity.; Phylogenetics.; Phylogeny.; Reproduction.; Taxonomy.
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• Item Description: Preceded by: Genetics of cattle / edited by R. Fries and A. Ruvinsky. c1999.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 623 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 24 chapters covering various fields of genetics and biology of cattle. It serves as a reference book on cattle genetics for researchers, lecturers, students, farmers and specialists working in the industry. The first five chapters focus on systematics, phylogeny, domestication, breeds and factorial genetics of cattle. The next two chapters provide crucial information about the structure of bovine chromosomes and the genome, as well as gene mapping in cattle. The foundations of immune response and disease resistance are covered in chapters 8-10. Chapters 11-14 discuss the genetics of behaviour, reproduction and development. Moreover, chapters 15-23 are devoted to genetics applied to cattle improvement. The standard genetic nomenclature for cattle is presented in the final chapter.