The genetics of the pig /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Rothschild, Max Frederick, 1952- (Editor), Ruvinsky, Anatoly (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Subjects:	Sus scrofa > genetics. Animal Diseases > genetics. Breeding. Genomics. Swine > Breeding. Swine > Genetics. Animal Anatomy and Morphology, (New March 2000) Animal Behaviour. Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000) Animal Immunology, (New March 2000) Animal Models of Human Diseases, (New March 2000) Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition) Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000) Animal Tissue and Cell Culture. Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New June 2002) Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Pharmacological Biotechnology, (New June 2002) Food Composition and Quality. Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Meat Produce. Meat Producing Animals. Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals. Taxonomy and Evolution. 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. Pigs. 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.