Equine Color Genetics, Third Edition, presents the most recent advances in color genetics for breeders of horses, donkeys, and mules. The book provides valuable information that enables breeders to tailor their breeding programs to maximize desired color outcomes and minimize undesired color. The text bridges the gap between the scientific and lay communities without ignoring the intricate and complex issues involved in horse and donkey color genetics. This new edition presents more explicit and detailed explanations than were previously possible, including a more extensive Apaloosa section.…mehr
Equine Color Genetics, Third Edition, presents the most recent advances in color genetics for breeders of horses, donkeys, and mules. The book provides valuable information that enables breeders to tailor their breeding programs to maximize desired color outcomes and minimize undesired color. The text bridges the gap between the scientific and lay communities without ignoring the intricate and complex issues involved in horse and donkey color genetics. This new edition presents more explicit and detailed explanations than were previously possible, including a more extensive Apaloosa section. The section on donkey colors includes the results of studies in the genetic control of color in this species, which will greatly assist donkey breeders as they tailor breeding programs to their own goals.
D. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PhD, is professor of pathology and genetics at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, and has worked in the field of animal color genetics for nearly three decades. His work with rare breed conservation, largely through the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, has provided ample opportunity to pursue the variations and details of color in several uncommon but important breeds.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Basic Dark Colors: Bay, Chestnut, Black, and Brown
Chapter 3. Colors Built from the Basic Colors
Chapter 4. Patterns of White
Chapter 5. Horse Color and Horse Breeding
Chapter 6. Peculiarities of Hair Growth
Chapter 7. Donkey Color
Chapter 8. Color Photographs
Appendices:
1. Horse Color Names by Category
2. Loci, Alleles, and Allele Effects
3. Genotypes of Major Colors
4. Alleles Present in Representative Breeds in the USA
