Books and Links on the Basics of DNA and Genetics:
The Dog and Its Genome (Cold Spring Harbor
Monograph Series) by Elaine A Ostrander (Editor), Urs Giger (Editor), Kerstin Lindblad-Toh (Editor)
Genetics
for Dog Breeders
R. Robinson, Pergamon Press, Oxford England. 1990.
Genetics of the
Dog M.B. Willis, Howell Book House, New York, New York. 1989.
The Dog and Its Genome (Cold
Spring Harbor Monograph Series) by Elaine A Ostrander (Editor), Urs Giger (Editor), Kerstin Lindblad-Toh (Editor)
Canine Diversity Project - Started by Dr. John Armstrong, and continued by one of his PhD students, Dr. Mary Whitely, this is an expansive project
to bring breeding information to the public.
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Online
Reviews:
Canine genomics and genetics: running with the pack.
Parker HG,
Ostrander EA.
Address: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16311623
The
canine genome.
Ostrander EA, Wayne RK.
Address: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16339369
Lessons
learned from the dog genome.
Wayne RK, Ostrander EA.
Address: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963975
Cancer,
Autoimmune disease and MHC diversity-should we blame vague toxins and food or inbreeding and closed registries?
Address:
http://skeptivet.blogspot.com/2011/05/cancer-autoimmune-disease-and-mhc.html
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Lewin's Genes X by Jocelyn E. Krebs, PhD, Elliott S. Goldstein, PhD
Lewin's Essential Genes
by Benjamin Lewin, PhD, Jocelyn E. Krebs, PhD, Elliott S. Goldstein, PhD, Stephen T. Kilpatrick, PhD,
-Genetic
Implications to Cosmetic Surgery in Canines - Fixing things for the show ring can put a breeder's line in a fix!
What to do if you identify a health issue occurring in your dogs?
This article was written by Sierra Milton (Stormsong German Short-Haired Pointers) and has been posted on numberous
dog breed sites along with the Canine Chronicle.
