Cargando…

Genetics and breeding of common carp.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: V. S. Kirpitchnikov
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Inra Editions, 1999.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. The origin of domesticated breeds of common carp""; ""2. The karyotype of the common carp and the genetic mechanism of sex determination""; ""The chromosome number of common carp and the problem of polyploidy""; ""Sex determination in the common carp""; ""3. Genetics of quantitative traits in the common carp""; ""Scale cover""; ""Pigmentation""; ""Other morphological traits""; ""Biochemical genetics""; ""Blood groups and histocompatibility""; ""Linkage relations""; ""The conservation of variation : a practical problem""
  • ""4. Biometrical genetics of the common carp""""Variation of quantitative traits""; ""Polygenic inheritance in carp""; ""Phenotypical and genetic correlations between variable traits""; ""Genorype-environment interaction""; ""5. Inbreeding and inbreeding depression""; ""6. Gynogenesis, androgenesis and polyploidy in the common carp""; ""Spontaneous gynogenesis""; ""Induced gynogenesis""; ""Peculiarities of diploid gynogenetic carp and the application of gynogenesis to genetic studies""; ""Androgenesis""; ""Polyploidy in the common carp""; ""7. Sex regulation in common carp""
  • ""Production of unisex offspring""""Sex reversal in young fish by steroid hormones""; ""Crossing transformed males with normal females""; ""Polyploidy as a mechanism of sex regulation""; ""8. Genetic engineering in the carp : the state of the art and future prospects""; ""Introduction""; ""Gene cloning""; ""Methods""; ""Prospects for the practical use of genetic engineering in carp culture""; ""9. Selection and breeding of the common carp""; ""The objectives of artificial selection""; ""Methods of selection""; ""The most important carp breeds and breeding programmes""
  • ""Commercial hybridization""""Interspecific hybridization""; ""References""