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Abstract
For Animal Breeding and Genetics courses.
An experienced educator in animal breeding, Rick Bourdon designed this book to be a modern, technologically up-to-date approach to animal breeding that is less intimidating to students than competing texts. The book is meant to be a learning text or guide as opposed to simply a reference. Understanding Animal Breeding addresses the abstract concepts of animal breeding, presenting the necessary mathematics, but previous experience in genetics and statistics is not assumed. Well organized and readable, the book stresses application, then explains theory for an overall understanding of the material.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Table of Contents | i | ||
| Preface | 1 | ||
| Acknowledgements | 3 | ||
| Part I. Animal Breeding from the Top Down | 5 | ||
| Chapter 1. What is the \"Best\" Animal? | 7 | ||
| Chapter 2. How are Animal Populations Improved? | 21 | ||
| Part II. Animal Breeding from the Bottom Up | 35 | ||
| Chapter 3. Mendelian Inheritance | 37 | ||
| Chapter 4. Genes in Populations | 60 | ||
| Chapter 5. Simply-Inherited and Polygenic Traits | 75 | ||
| Part III. Selection | 81 | ||
| Chapter 6. Selection for Simply-Inherited Traits | 83 | ||
| Chapter 7. The Genetic Model for Quantitative Traits | 106 | ||
| Chapter 8. Statistics and Their Application to Quantitative Traits | 127 | ||
| Chapter 9. Heritability and Repeatability | 165 | ||
| Chapter 10. Factors Affecting the Rate of Genetic Change | 202 | ||
| Chapter 11. Genetic Prediction | 231 | ||
| Chapter 12. Large-Scale Genetic Evaluation | 262 | ||
| Chapter 13. Correlated Response to Selection | 279 | ||
| Chapter 14. Multiple-Trait Selection | 298 | ||
| Part IV. Mating Systems | 317 | ||
| Chapter 15. Selection for Simply-Inherited Traits | 319 | ||
| Chapter 16. Mating Strategies Based on Animal Performance: Random | 329 | ||
| Chapter 17. Mating Strategbies Based on Pedigree Relationship: Inbreeding and Outbreeding | 337 | ||
| Chapter 18. Hybrid Vigor | 375 | ||
| Chapter 19. Crossbreeding Systems | 397 | ||
| Part V. New Techniques, Old Strategies | 433 | ||
| Glossary | 435 | ||
| A | 435 | ||
| B | 435 | ||
| C | 436 | ||
| D | 437 | ||
| E | 437 | ||
| F | 438 | ||
| G | 438 | ||
| H | 439 | ||
| I | 439 | ||
| K | 440 | ||
| L | 440 | ||
| M | 440 | ||
| N | 441 | ||
| O | 441 | ||
| P | 441 | ||
| Q | 442 | ||
| R | 443 | ||
| S | 443 | ||
| T | 444 | ||
| U | 445 | ||
| V | 445 | ||
| W | 445 | ||
| Z | 445 | ||
| Appendix | 447 | ||
| Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems | 459 | ||
| Index | 511 | ||
| A | 511 | ||
| B | 511 | ||
| C | 511 | ||
| D | 511 | ||
| E | 511 | ||
| F | 511 | ||
| G | 511 | ||
| H | 512 | ||
| I | 512 | ||
| L | 512 | ||
| M | 512 | ||
| N | 512 | ||
| O | 512 | ||
| P | 512 | ||
| Q | 512 | ||
| R | 512 | ||
| S | 512 | ||
| T | 513 | ||
| U | 513 | ||
| V | 513 | ||
| W | 513 | ||
| Y | 513 | ||
| Z | 513 |