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The applied genetics of humans, animals, plants and fungi / Bernard C. Lamb.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Imperial College Press, [2007]Distributor: River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Copyright date: ©2007Edition: Second editionDescription: xxi, 619 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1860946100
  • 9781860946103
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.5 22
LOC classification:
  • QH430 .L36 2007
Contents:
1. Introduction; aims of applied genetics; revision of basic genetic concepts and terminology -- 2. The inheritance and analysis of qualitative and quantitative characters -- 3. Regression, transgression, environmental effects and heritability; correlations between characters; genotype, phenotype and breeding values -- 4. Population genetics : allele frequencies, genetic equilibria, population mixing, genetic drift and gene flow -- 5. Types and uses of selection -- 6. Departures from random mating -- 7. Mutation and its uses -- 8. Recombination, mapping and genomics -- 9. Structural chromosome aberrations : their origins, properties and uses -- 10. Changes in chromosome number : their effects and uses -- 11. Supernumerary ("B") chromosomes -- 12. Human and medical genetics -- 13. Plant and animal breeding methods and examples -- 14. Genetic engineering in plants, animals and micro-organisms -- 15. Genetic variation in wild and agricultural populations; genetic conservation -- 16. Genetic methods of insect pest control -- 17. Reproductive physiology in plants, animals and humans; crossing methods -- 18. Applied fungal genetics -- 19. The economics of agricultural products and breeding programmes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction; aims of applied genetics; revision of basic genetic concepts and terminology -- 2. The inheritance and analysis of qualitative and quantitative characters -- 3. Regression, transgression, environmental effects and heritability; correlations between characters; genotype, phenotype and breeding values -- 4. Population genetics : allele frequencies, genetic equilibria, population mixing, genetic drift and gene flow -- 5. Types and uses of selection -- 6. Departures from random mating -- 7. Mutation and its uses -- 8. Recombination, mapping and genomics -- 9. Structural chromosome aberrations : their origins, properties and uses -- 10. Changes in chromosome number : their effects and uses -- 11. Supernumerary ("B") chromosomes -- 12. Human and medical genetics -- 13. Plant and animal breeding methods and examples -- 14. Genetic engineering in plants, animals and micro-organisms -- 15. Genetic variation in wild and agricultural populations; genetic conservation -- 16. Genetic methods of insect pest control -- 17. Reproductive physiology in plants, animals and humans; crossing methods -- 18. Applied fungal genetics -- 19. The economics of agricultural products and breeding programmes.

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