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Horse genetics
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- Summary
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This textbook describes the basic genetics of the horse including coat, color, parentage, medical and population genetics, cytogenetics, performance, breeding systems and genetic conservation.
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- Creator
- Ernest Bailey, M.H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA, and Samantha A. Brooks, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition
- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2013]
- Physical Details
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- x, 200 pages ; 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781845936754, 1845936752, 9781780643298, 1780643292
- OCLC
- ocn824532429
- Previous edition : Horse genetics / Ann T. Bowling. CABI, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Evolution and domestication of horses -- Basic genetics -- Horse genomics -- Black, bay and chestnut (Extension and Agouti) -- Color diluting genes -- Tobiano, sabino, white and roan (KIT) -- Gray -- Overo, Frame Overo and Splashed White -- Leopard (Appaloosa) spotting -- Putting it all together : color by design -- Parentage testing -- Medical genetics -- Horse karyotype and chromosomal abnormalities -- Genetics of performance -- Pedigrees and breeding schemes -- Mitochondria, Y chromosomes, epigenetics and incomplete penetrance -- Genetic nature of breeds -- Equus -- Frequently asked questions -- Where do we go from here?