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The mouse in animal genetics and breeding research /

The sequencing of the mouse genome has placed the mouse front and center as the most important mammalian genetics model. However, no recent volume has detailed the genetic contributions the mouse has made across the spectrum of the life sciences; this book aims to fill that vacuum. Mouse genetics re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Eisen, Eugene J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Hackensack, NJ ; London : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2005.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 THE BEGINNINGS: ODE TO A WEE MOUSE; CHAPTER 2 TESTING QUANTITATIVE GENETIC SELECTION THEORY; CHAPTER 3 MATERNAL EFFECTS, GENOMIC IMPRINTING AND EVOLUTION; CHAPTER 4 INBREEDING AND CROSSBREEDING; CHAPTER 5 GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION: LESSONS FROM THE MOUSE; CHAPTER 6 GENETICS OF GROWTH IN THE MOUSE; CHAPTER 7 GENETICS OF BODY COMPOSITION AND METABOLIC RATE; CHAPTER 8 GENETICS OF REPRODUCTION; CHAPTER 9 GENETICS AND BEHAVIOR; CHAPTER 10 GENETICS OF DISEASE RESISTANCE; CHAPTER 11 GENOMIC DISSECTION OF COMPLEX TRAIT PREDISPOSITION.