Animal genetics
By: Leopold J. Rechi, editor
Series: Animal science, issues and professions series; Animal science, issues, and professions series
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781607418443
Description: "The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding. Many aspects of human and animal behaviors have a strong genetic contribution. Individual variation in different behaviors is also found across animal populations. Animal models are increasingly being used to look for genes underlying these naturally occurring variations in behaviors and the most common species of animals used experimentally are mice and rats. This new and important book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this dynamic field of study with a focus on such topics as: phylogeography of finches and sparrows, pig genomics and transgenesis in biomedical research, epigenetic regulation in bovine cells, understanding the stress response through mouse genetics and others."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Phylogeography of finches and sparrows / Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, Pablo Gomez-Prieto, Valentin Ruiz-del-Valle; title: Approaches to the study of the genetics of behavioural variation using mice and rats / M.C. Jawahar ... [et al.]; title: Genetic and genomic resources for common Carp cyprinus carpio, an economically important farmed freshwater fish / Dimitry A. Chistiakov, Pavel A. Chistiakov; title: Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), proposed control and eradication programs by marker assisted breeding of genetically resistant cattle / E.N. Esteban ... [et al.]; title: Pig genomics and pig transgenesis in biomedical research / Bernhard Aigner ... [et al.]; title: Epigenetic regulation in bovine cells : nutrient-induced modulation of gene expression and cellular functions / Congjun Li, Ted H. Elsasser, Robert W. Li; title: Examining polymorphisms affecting transcription and translation of genes linked to marbling in beef cattle / Deborah J. Good; title: Genetic resources and commercial cattle breeding in the tropics; title: are yesterday's breeds the answer to 21st century problems? / André Martinho de Almeida; title: Domain-oriented analysis for understanding molecular interactions and translating animal genetic models into neuropsychiatric disorders : focus on serotonin transporter and BDNF / Allan V. Kalueff ... [et al.]; title: Understanding the stress response through mouse genetics / Amy Eisener-Dorman, Valerie Bolivar.