Book description
The genetic information being unlocked by advances in genomic and high
throughput technologies is rapidly revolutionizing our understanding of
developmental processes in bovine species. This information is allowing
researchers unprecedented insight into the genetic basis of key traits.
Bovine Genomics
is the first book to bring together and synthesize the information
learned through the bovine genome sequencing project and look at its
practical application to cattle and dairy production.
Bovine Genomics opens with foundational chapters on the
domestication of cattle and traditional Mendelian genetics. Building
on these chapters, coverage rapidly moves to quantitative genetics and
the advances of whole genome technologies. Significant coverage is
given to such topics as epigenetics, mapping quantitative trail loci,
genome-wide association studies and genomic selection in cattle
breeding. The book is a valuable synthesis of the field written by a
global team of leading researchers.
Providing wide-ranging coverage of the topic, Bovine Genomic,
is an essential guide to the field. The basic and applied science will
be of use to researchers, breeders, and advanced students.
James E. Womack
is the W. P. Luse Endowed and Distinguished Professor of Veterinary
Pathobiology at Texas A&M University and Professor of Animal
Genetics and Disease, WCU Biomodulation Program, Seoul National
University.
