Equine color genetics / D. Phillip Sponenberg, Rebecca Bellone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sponenberg, D. Phillip (Dan Phillip), 1953- author.

Bellone, Rebecca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horses--Color.

Horses.

Horses--Breeding.

Horses--Genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Summary:

Equine Color Genetics, Fourth Edition presents a detailed examination of the color variation in horses and donkeys and the genetic mechanisms that produce color variations. * Thoroughly covers the basic colors in horses, including bay, chestnut, black, and brown * Details the genetic basis of the colors built from the basic coat color, including dilutions and white patterning * Provides an explanation of genetic mechanisms that determine coat color * Presents a thorough revision and update, including new advances in molecular genetics, biochemistry, molecular mechanisms, genetic loci, coat colors before domestication, and more * Offers a new introduction describing the principles of genetics and genomics research to help outline how knowledge is discovered and to assist the reader in understanding concepts covered in the book

Contents:

Dark horse colors : bay, chestnut, black, and brown

Modifications affecting most colors

Dilutions of the basic dark colors

Overview of the genetic control of horse color

Patterns with individually distribute white hairs

Nonsymmetrical patches of white : white marks, paints, and pintos

Overview of patterns adding white

Horse color and horse breeding

Peculiarities of hair growth

Donkey color

Summary tables.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119130611

1119130611

9781119130604

1119130603

9781119130628

111913062X

OCLC:

971615734