The Genetics of Cattle

Understanding of cattle genetics and genomics has increased dramatically. This book covers genetic components behind important factors in cattle production such as breeds, disease resistance, growth, development, behavior, body composition and meat quality. With significant updates throughout, this new edition includes significantly updated material, new contributing authors, and new chapters on genetics of fat production and deposition, nutrition, feed intake and feed efficiency, growth and body composition and genomic selection in beef and dairy cattle.* This book covers genetic components behind important factors in cattle production such as breeds, diseaseresistance, growth, development, behavior, body composition and meat quality.* Features significant updates throughout, this new edition includes significantly updated material, new contributing authors, and new chapters on genetics of fat production and deposition, nutrition, feed intake and feed efficiency, growth and body composition and genomic selection in beef and dairy cattle.* Covers important topics such as domestication, breed variety, disease resistance, developmental genetics, behavior, improvement of dairy and beef cattle, molecular genetics of milk production, genetics of fat production and deposition, genetics of growth, body composition, feed efficiency and meat quality, and genetics of adaptation not covered in the competing text.

Dorian J Garrick, Iowa State University, USA Anatoly Ruvinsky, University of New England, Australia

• a: Preface
• Chapter 1: Systematics and phylogeny of cattle
• Chapter 2: Genetic aspects of domestication
• Chapter 3: Breeds of cattle
• Chapter 4: Molecular genetics of colour variation
• Chapter 5: Genetics of morphological traits and inherited disorders
• Chapter 6: Cytogenetics and chromosome maps
• Chapter 7: Bovine genomics
• Chapter 8: Bovine immunogenetics
• Chapter 9: Genetics of disease resistance
• Chapter 10: Molecular biology and genetics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• Chapter 11: Genetics of behaviour in cattle
• Chapter 12: Genetics of reproduction in cattle
• Chapter 13: Modern reproductive technologies and breed improvement
• Chapter 14: Developmental genetics
• Chapter 15: Genetic improvement of dairy cattle
• Chapter 16: Molecular genetics of milk protein production
• Chapter 17: Genetics fatty acids composition in bovine milk and beef
• Chapter 18: Genetic improvement in beef cattle
• Chapter 19: Genomic prediction and genome-wide association studies in beef and dairy cattle
• Chapter 20: Genetics of feed intake and efficiency.
• Chapter 21: Genetics of growth and body composition
• Chapter 22: Genetics of meat quality
• Chapter 23: Genetic aspects of cattle adaptation in the tropics
• Chapter 24: Standard genetic nomenclature
• b: Index