Introduction to veterinary genetics 2nd ed.

This is an introductory genetics text for students for veterinary animal science. This new edition includes updated accounts of molecular biology and biotechnology.

Preface.

Preface to the 1st Edition.

Acknolwledgments.

1. Basic Genetics.

2. Molecular Biology.

3. Single gene Disorders.

4. Chromosomal Aberrations.

5. Single Genes in Populations.

6. Familial Disorders Not Due to a Single Gene.

7. Is it Inherited?.

8. Immunogenetics.

9. Pharmacogenetics.

10. Hosts, Parasites, and Pathogens.

11. Single Genes in Animal Breeding.

12. Relationship and Inbreeding.

13. Quantitative Variation.

14. Selection Between Populations.

15. Selection Within Populations.

16. Breed Structure.

17. Crossing.

18. Selection and Regular Crossing.

19. Biotechnology and the Future.

20. Conservation Genetics.

21. Genetic and Environmental Control of Inherited Disorders.

Index.