Genetics of the DogRecognizing the significant advances made in the field of animal genetics in the ten years since the first edition of "The Genetics of the Dog", this new edition of the successful 2001 book provides a comprehensive update on the subject, along with new material on topics of current and growing interest. Existing chapters on essential topics such as immunogenetics, genetics of diseases, developmental genetics and the genetics of behaviour have been fully updated, while new authors report on the latest advances in areas such as genetic diversity of dog breeds, canine genomics, olfactor. |
Contents
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Introduction | 92 |
T Cell Receptors TCRs and Other T Cell Surface Proteins | 114 |
Dog Cytokine and Chemokine Immunogenetics | 122 |
25 | 148 |
26 | 206 |
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