Horse Genetics
Horse Genetics
Ernest Bailey, PhD
University of Kentucky
Samantha A. Brooks, PhD
University of Florida
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© E. Bailey and S.A. Brooks 2020. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bailey, Ernest (Ernest), author. | Brooks, Samantha A., 1979- author.
Title: Horse genetics / Ernest Bailey, PhD, University of Kentucky, Samantha Brooks, PhD, University of Florida.
Description: Third edition. | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston : CABI, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Completely updated and revised, the third edition of this essential textbook describes the basic genetics of the horse including coat colour, parentage, medical and population genetics, cytogenetics, performance, breeding systems and genetic conservation, as well as the many recent advances in genomics”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019048243 (print) | LCCN 2019048244 (ebook) | ISBN 9781786392589 (hardback) | ISBN 9781786392596 (paperback) | ISBN 9781786392602 (ebook) | ISBN 9781786392619 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Horses--Breeding. | Horses--Genetics.
Classification: LCC SF291 .B63 2020 (print) | LCC SF291 (ebook) | DDC 636.1--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019048243
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019048244
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ISBN-13:
9781786392589 (hardback)
9781786392596 (paperback)
9781786392602 (ePDF)
9781786392619 (ePub)
Commissioning Editor: Alexandra Lainsbury
Editorial Assistant: Lauren Davies
Production Editor: James Bishop
Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India
Printed and bound in the UK by Bell and Bain, Glasgow
Contents
2 Evolution and Domestication of Horses
4 The Fundamentals of Genetics
5 The Language and Patterns of Genetics
7 Black, Bay, and Chestnut (Extension and Agouti)
9 Tobiano, White, Sabino, and Roan (KIT)
10 Frame Overo and Splashed White
12 Gray, Brindle, Tiger Eye, and Curly
13 Putting it All Together: Color By Design
15 Blood Groups and Neonatal Isoerythrolysis
18 Major Genes, Quantitative Trait Loci, and Marker Assisted Selection
