Cytogenetics of Animals

Foreword Preface Contents Introduction: cytogenetics of animals, C.R.E. Halnan 1. The present status of animal cytogenetics and its role in the animal sciences, N.S. Fechheimer 2. Chromosome preparation and high resolution R- and G-banding techniques, Mogens Ronne 3. The handling and analysis of meiotic cells in domestic and laboratory animals, Ann C. Chandley 4. Chromosome studies on the spermatazoa of domestic animals, P. Creighton and J.A. Houghton 5. Splitting and sexing of bovine embryos, production of chimeras and identical twins, G. Brem 6. In situ hybridization, a technique for gene assignments, J. Gellin and M. Yerle 7. Domestic animal gene mapping: a comparative map of the species investigated, Genevieve Echard 8. Conserved and variable elements of mammalian chromosomes, A.S. Graphodatsky 9. Karyotypic analyses in birds, Les Christidis 10. Cytogenetics of domestic minks (Mustela vison), G.K. Isakova 11. The karyotype of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris L), Clemens N.M. Mellink and Anneke A. Bosma 12. Cytogenetics of the horse: adult and embryonic cells, April Romagnano and Claude-Lise Richer 13. Equine cytogenetics: infertility and clinical practice, C.R.E. Halnan 14. Influence of molecular biology and biotechnology on the development of cytogenetics, A.F. Yakovlev 15. Cytogenetic mapping of cattle (Bos taurus L) using quantitative analysis of the RBA map of prometaphase chromosomes, G. Chiryaeva, A.V. Amosova, A.M. Efimov, A.F. Smirnov, L.B. Kaminir, A.F. Yakovlev, A.V. Zelenin 16. Application of cytogenetics to cattle breeding improvement, Andras Kovacs 17. Karyotype and phenotype in cattle and hybrids of the genus, C.R.E. Halnan 18. Sexual differentiation in relation to sex chromosome constitution in cattle and swine, L. Lojda 19. Chromosome aberrations: important indicators of environmental genotoxic effects in farm animals, L. Lojda 20. Notes on the pig, goat, sheep, hybrids and cats, Han Qin and C.R.E. Halnan 21. Accumulation of sister-chromatid-exchange in translocation-chromosomes of sheep (Ovis aries), B. Glahn-Luft and R. Wassmuth 22. Differences in NOR activity levels of the chromosome pairs in Spanish common rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), M.V. Arruga 23. Evidence of Mendelian inheritance of NORs in Spanish common rabbit, M.V. Arruga 24. High resolution GTG banding pattern of rabbit chromosomes, M. Yerle and G. Echard 25. Studies of common wombat and grey kangaroos: inferences for karyotype evolution in Phalangeroidea, G. Wallbanks and C.R.E. Halnan Appendix 1. An Atlas of selected karyotypes, A.S. Graphodatsky, C.R.E. Halnan Appendix 2. Glossary of terms, C.R.E. Halnan Appendix 3. Technical methods References Subject IndexHalnan, Clive R. is the author of 'Cytogenetics of Animals', published 1989 under ISBN 9780851986296 and ISBN 0851986293.