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This book attempts to describe applied breeding methods for different domestic animal species as currently implemented.
In this book, brief history of population genetics, domestication of livestock species, classification of breeds, economic characteristics of different livestock species and poultry and their importance, basic statistics, qualitative and quantitative inheritance, gene and genotype frequency and factors influencing gene frequency, values and ...
Various conventional breeding technologies used for selection and faster multiplication of superior cattle and buffalo germplasm have contributed significantly to increase in milk production, which were mainly due to the technologies developed in the areas of quantitative genetics and reproductive biology. These included methodologies for selection of females based upon their expected producing ability and young males based on the performance of progeny.Emerging ...