DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/h8z2nv/livestock_epigenet) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Livestock Epigenetics" to their offering.
Livestock Epigenetics reviews advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of epigenetic mechanisms in gene expression in livestock species. Epigenetics impact many economically important traits from growth and development to more efficient reproduction and breeding strategies. The book opens with a broad introductory chapter that discusses the importance of an understanding of epigenetics to efficient and sustainable livestock production. In subsequent chapters the role of epigenetics in specific aspects of animal production are reviewed. The final chapter provides researchers with a valuable basis for the use of comparative epigenetics research to allow research to apply advances across organisms. Livestock Epigenetics provides detailed information on this rapidly expanding field of research with contributions from a global team of experts.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Epigenetics of Mammalian Gamete and Embryo Development
2. Epigenetics of Cloned Preimplantation Embryos of Domestic Animals
3. Roles of Imprinted Genes in Fertility and Promises of the Genome-Wide Technologies
4. Sheep as an Experimental Model for Human ART: Novel Insights on Phenotypic Alterations in ART-Derived Sheep Conceptuses
5. The DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Gene Cluster and the Callipyge Phenotype in Sheep
6. Genomic Imprinting and Imprinted Gene Clusters in the Bovine Genome
7. Imprinting in Genome Analysis: Modeling Parent-of-Origin Effects in QTL Studies
8. Epigenetics and Animal Health
9. Epigenetics and microRNAs in Animal Health
10. Nutrients and Epigenetics in Bovine Cells
Author
Hasan Khatib, Associate professor of Dairy Science. He earned his BS degree in Biology (1985), MS degree in Human Genetics (1988), and Ph.D. in Genetics (1995) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Israel. From 1997 to 2001 Dr. Khatib had an appointment in teaching strategies of teaching and sciences at David Yellin College in Jerusalem. Prior to joining the faculty at UW-Madison in 2002, he served as genetic counselor in Israel on prevention of genetic diseases among Palestinians and a director of the Institute for Genetic Identification in Israel. Dr. Khatib's current research interests are identification of genes of economic importance in dairy cattle (milk production, health and reproduction traits) and studying the imprinting status of the cattle genome and investigating sequence characteristics of imprinted genes in mammalian species.
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