Introduction to Veterinary Genetics
ISBN: 9781405168328 | 1405168323
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 11/9/2009
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An understanding of veterinary genetics is crucial to the evaluation and control of diseases and disorders in animals. Introduction to Veterinary Genetics provides a succinct introduction to the aspects of genetics relevant to animal diseases and production. Now in its third edition, this is the only introductory level textbook in genetics that has been written specifically for veterinary and animal science students.Key features: Accessible and clearly presented, including step-by-step explanations. Describes in detail how veterinary genetics c... MORE
| Preface | |
| Basic genetics | |
| Chromosomes | |
| Meiosis and mitosis | |
| The biochemistry of inheritance | |
| What is a gene? | |
| Gene regulation | |
| Mutation | |
| Genes, alleles, and loci | |
| Simple or Mendelian inheritance | |
| Linkage | |
| Inactivation | |
| Types of DNA | ... MORE|
| Further Reading | |
| Banded karyotypes of domestic species | |
| Molecular biology | |
| Restriction enzymes | |
| Recombinant DNA and DNA cloning | |
| Complementary DNA | |
| DNA sequencing | |
| Polymerase chain reaction | |
| Southern analysis and related technologies | |
| DNA expression microarrays | |
| The detection of variation in base sequence | |
| Veterinary diagnosis | |
| Variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR), DNA fingerprints, and microsatellites | |
| Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) | |
| Copy number variation (CNV) | |
| Gene mapping | |
| Whole-genome sequence assembly | |
| Production of polypeptide from cloned DNA | |
| Transgenesis | |
| Antisense technology | |
| RNA interference | |
| Further Reading | |
| Single-gene disorders | |
| Inborn errors of metabolism | |
| Sex-limited inheritance | |
| Genetic heterogeneity of disease | |
| Type of gene action and type of disease | |
| Phenocopies | |
| A sample of single-gene disorders | |
| A revolution in mapping and identifying the causal mutation of single-gene disorders | |
| Further Reading | |
| A sample of single-gene traits that have been characterized at the molecular level | |
| Chromosomal aberrations | |
| Abnormal chromosome number | |
| Abnormal chromosome structure | |
| Chromosomal aberrations in cancer | |
| Evolution of karyotypes | |
| Interspecific hybridization | |
| Freemartins | |
| Biological basis of sex | |
| Classification of intersex 116 | |
| A sample of chromosomal aberrations | |
| Further Reading | |
| A sample of chromosomal aberrations in animals | |
| Single genes in populations | |
| Gene and genotype frequencies | |
| Random mating | |
| The Hardy-Weinberg law | |
| Extensions to the Hardy-Weinberg law | |
| Selection and mutation | |
| Genetic drift and the founder effect | |
| Extending population genetics to more than one locus | |
| Further Reading | |
| Familial disorders not due to a single gene | |
| Liability and threshold | |
| The multifactorial model | |
| More than one threshold | |
| Some final points | |
| Further Reading | |
| Is it inherited? | |
| General evidence for a genetic aetiology | |
| The four types of simple, Mendelian inheritance | |
| Studying and analysing the data | |
| Further Reading | |
| Immunogenetics | |
| Antibodies | |
| Red-cell antigens | |
| The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) | |
| Further Reading | |
| Pharmacogenetics | |
| Genetic polymorphisms affecting drug metabolism | |
| Genetics and anaesthesia | |
| Warfarin resistance | |
| Multifactorial pharmacogenetics | |
| Further Reading | |
| Hosts, parasites, and pathogens | |
| Host-pathogen interactions | |
| Resistance in hosts | |
| Resistance in parasites and pathogens | |
| Control of parasites and pathogens | |
| Increasing the level of resistance in hosts | |
| Further Reading | |
| Single genes in animal breeding | |
| Coat colour | |
| Examples of coat-colour genes | |
| Carpet wool | |
| Prolificacy in sheep | |
| Polledness | |
| Muscular hypertrophy in cattle and sheep | |
| Dwarf poultry | |
| Genes for sexing chickens | |
| Pedigree checking | |
| Further Reading | |
| Relationship and inbreeding | |
| The inbreeding coefficient | |
| Relationship | |
| The inbreeding coefficient revisited | |
| A general expression for relationship and inbreeding | |
| The base population | |
| Inbreeding in populations | |
| Inbreeding depression | |
| Further Reading | |
| Quantitative variation | |
| Quantitative traits | |
| The performance of an individual animal | |
| The differences between animals | |
| Heritability | |
| Correlations between traits | |
| Quantitative trait loci (QTL) | |
| Further Reading | |
| Selection between populations | |
| Comparison between populations | |
| Genotype-environment interaction | |
| Further Reading | |
| Selection within populations | |
| Estimated breeding values and accuracy of selection | |
| Clues to a candidates breeding value for a trait | |
| Combining clues from more than one source | |
| Best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) | |
| Correlated traits | |
| Selection for more than one trait | |
| The importance of inbreeding and genetic drift | |
| Sire-reference schemes | |
| Marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genome-wide selection (GWS) | |
| Further Reading | |
| Breed structure | |
| The traditional pyramid | |
| Closed-nucleus breeding schemes | |
| Open-nucleus breeding schemes | |
| Further Reading | |
| Crossing | |
| Regular crossing | |
| Crossing to produce a synthetic | |
| Grading-up | |
| Further Reading | |
| Selection and regular crossing | |
| Selection | |
| Selection and regular crossing | |
| Further Reading | |
| Biotechnology and the future | |
| Artificial insemination (AI) | |
| Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) | |
| In vitro | |
| maturation (IVM) and in vitro | |
| fertilization (IVF) of ova | |
| Control of sex ratio | |
| Recombinant proteins | |
| Transgenesis | |
| Animal cloning | |
| Further Reading | |
| Conservation genetics | |
| Measurement of genetic diversity within populations | |
| Measurement of genetic diversity among populations | |
| Importance of genetic diversity | |
| Loss of genetic diversity | |
| Conservation of genetic diversity | |
| Further Reading | |
| Genetic and environmental control of inherited disorders | |
| Environmental control of inherited disorders | |
| Genetic control of single-gene disorders | |
| Gene therapy | |
| Genetic control of multifactorial disorders | |
| Genetic control some final points | |
| Crossing: thinking outside the square | |
| Further Reading | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Frank Nicholas is Emeritus Professor of Animal Genetics in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney
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