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Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals
Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals
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A01=Geoff Pollott
A01=Geoff Simm
A01=Karen Marshall
A01=Raphael A Mrode
A01=Ross Houston
animal breeding
Author_Geoff Pollott
Author_Geoff Simm
Author_Karen Marshall
Author_Raphael A Mrode
Author_Ross Houston
biodiversity
breeding values
Category=MZD
cattle
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farmed animals
fish
genetic improvement
genetics
goats
livestock
pigs
poultry
sheep
sustainability
temperate systems
tropical systems
Product details
- ISBN 9781789241716
- Weight: 1400g
- Dimensions: 189 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2020
- Publisher: CABI Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning farmed animal breeding. Relating science to practical application, it covers all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and aquaculture species. The book: - Provides comprehensive coverage - from fundamental genetics, analysis of variation, prediction of breeding values and response to selection, through to application of modern genomics and biotechnology. - Illustrates the practical application of theory in temperate and tropical systems. - Outlines current practice and explores future directions, including sustainability and ethical implications, to leave readers completely up to date. Based on the previous bestseller, Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep, this book has been completely revised, expanded and redesigned to be an essential textbook for undergraduate, masters and other early postgraduate-level students in agriculture, animal and veterinary science, as well as breeders, farmers, industry technical staff, advisors and extension workers.
Raphael Mrode is Professor of Quantitative Genetics and Genomics at Scotland's Rural College and Principal Scientist in Quantitative Genetics in Dairy Cattle at the International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. He has been lecturing on Edinburgh University's Masters course on quantitative genetics and genome analysis since 2005, and has given lectures on mixed linear models and the use of various BLUP models for genetic prediction. His research interests include data modelling and analysis, the incorporation of molecular information in genetic evaluation procedures, the application of innovative approaches for data capture, analysis and feedback and investigating methods for generating alternative and novel phenotypes in small dairy systems in developing countries.
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