Animal breeding

Animal Breeding
Special Inra Issue animal productions
P. Mulsant, L. Bodin, B. Coudurier, S. Deretz, P. Le Roy, E. Quillet, J. Perez
Edition 2012

Animal breeding has changed radically in less than ten years with the advent of genomic selection. What are the advantages and drawbacks of this genomic selection over traditional selection? A collective work presents the inventory and prospects of genomic selection of animals (context, selection principles, current or future applications and the technologies behind its efficiency).

Ils ont domestiqué plantes et animaux
Curtain-raiser to Civilisation
J. Guillaume
Edition 2011

From the Neolithic Age to the 21st century, on all five continents, from the discovery of the first edible plants to genetic modifications in the laboratory, this book recounts the history of Man and his food.

Dans les pas de bertrand vissac, un
From Animal Genetics to Agrarian Systems
J. Bonnemaire, F. Ménissier, J. Flamant, B. Bibé, B. Leclerc, S. Zasser-Bedoya, F. Casabianca, A. Audiot
Edition 2009 Bertrand Vissac left his mark on the history of INRA, where he was successively Head of the Animal Genetics Department and the Agrarian Systems and Development Department. It pays homage to him, and recounts his ways of working and thinking.

Amelioration genetique animale
G. Wiener, R. Rouvier
Edition 2009

Using examples, this book looks at the various techniques used for genetic improvement of livestock, such as selection, crossing and consanguinity.

20 Years of Research in Animal Production at INRA
INRA Productions animales, Special Anniversary Issue
P. Herpin, B. Charley, J. Perez
Edition 2008 This issue presents the major scientific progress made by INRA researchers that had an impact on breeding during the last two decades. It also presents future research perspectives.

Elements de genetique quantitative
2nd Edition Revised and Fully Updated
L. Ollivier
Edition 2002

Covers all the basic concepts needed to understand the hereditary transmission of quantitative traits and their evolution with time: populations in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, main factors responsible for evolution (inbreeding and genetic drift in ...

Les vaches de la République
A Scientist's Appraisal of Changing Times and Trends
B. Leclerc, B. Vissac
Edition 2002

A unique account of a livestock researcher's professional and intellectual itinerary, this book takes the reader through a half-century of French cattle research and development. Cows form the central argument of this book. Originally the basis of ...

7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production
Montpellier, France, August 19-23, 2002
F. Minvielle
Edition 2002

The World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production is organised every 4 years and reunites researchers working on the major species of agronomic interest. It is a way to evaluate the methodological progress made in animal genetics, the ...

Les filles d'Ariane
Long Live the Cows! Cows' Happiness. Breeding and Cloning
R. Dantzer, J. Aynaud, J. Renard, X. Vignon, P. Le Neindre, V. Le Quéré-Cady
Edition 2001

The plot: Auvergne 2023. A maniac is attacking cattle ears! And not just any cattle! Ariane, Sissi, Nomade: beloved and pampered animals and champions! At the same time, the Okissé Institute receives an SOS… and some very strange cells!

Les poules
Visible Genetic Diversity
G. Coquerelle
Edition 2001

A century after Bateson carried out his first genetic studies of animals, this extensively illustrated book sums up what is known about Mendelian genetics and the visible hereditary traits of poultry. It proposes formulas for the genotypes of the ...