Genomic and Phenomic Tools for Livestock Genome Analysis

In the era of genomic revolution the benefit can be reaped by successful integration of livestock genomics & phenomics to improve the productivity. This book covers various aspects of surveying, performance recording & breed descriptor development. It also includes: Phenotypic scoring-function for breed Identification; Genetic diversity analysis by STR; Breed registration in India; Analysis of milk quality traits by HPLC & GLC; Milk cells as indicator of mastitis; Application of linear & non-linear models in animal breeding; Data analysis using SYSTAT & HARVEY’S software; Estimation of breeding values for animal selections; Molecular markers for goat fecundity; Next generation sequencing; SNP chip development & genome wide association studies; Breed DNA signature by computational approach; Neural computation; Proteomics & its application; SNP discovery & association studies; In silico modeling of non-synonymous SNPs & prediction of protein structure & function; Microarrays in livestock research, Molecular modeling & drug designing; Stem cell & cloning of animal. This book is rare of its kind for beginners of research & future livestock molecular breeders for conceptualization.