Equine color genetics / Phillip Sponenberg.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press ; Oxford : Blackwell [distributor], 2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 192 pISBN:- 9780813807591 (hbk.) :
- 9780813807591
- 636.10821 SPO
- SF279 .S665 2003
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 636.10821 SPO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 204356 |
Previous ed.: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction -- 2.The basic dark horse colors -- 3.Colors built from the basic colors -- 4.Patterns of white occurring on basic colors -- 5.Patterns characterized by patches of white -- 6.Horse color and horse breeding -- 7.Peculiarities of hair growth -- 8.Donkey color -- 9.Color photographs.
With new chapters on breeds, conservation & on the biology of gene selection, as well as new appendices detailing previously undocumented genes in horses & donkeys, this text explains how to accurately identify horses & donkeys using colours & explains the genetic mechanisms that determine colour.