About this book
The Applied Genetics of Humans, Animals, Plants and Fungi 2nd Edition PDF by Bernard C. Lamb surveys how genetic principles are applied across medicine, breeding, agriculture, conservation, biotechnology, pest control, and fungal genetics. Bernard C. Lamb’s 2nd Edition expands the human and animal material and includes topics such as companion animals, cord-blood therapy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and animal cloning. The second edition connects fundamental genetics with practical applications in medicine, animal breeding, plant improvement, conservation, biotechnology, pest management and fungal genetics. By comparing applications across organisms, it helps students see how inheritance, selection, molecular methods and genetic technologies are adapted to different biological and commercial problems rather than studied only as abstract principles.
The Applied Genetics of Humans, Animals, Plants and Fungi 2nd Edition PDF overview
The book begins with core genetic concepts and then develops qualitative and quantitative inheritance, heritability, population genetics, selection, mating systems, mutation, recombination, linkage, mapping, genomics, chromosome aberrations, and changes in chromosome number. These foundations are applied to human and medical genetics, plant and animal breeding, genetic engineering, conservation of genetic variation, insect-pest control, reproductive physiology, crossing methods, fungal genetics, and the economics of agricultural breeding programs. The cross-organism approach highlights both shared principles and species-specific applications.
What this edition covers
- Basic genetic concepts and terminology
- Qualitative and quantitative inheritance
- Heritability and breeding values
- Population genetics and selection
- Mutation, recombination, mapping, and genomics
- Chromosome abnormalities and chromosome number
- Human and medical genetics
- Plant and animal breeding
- Genetic engineering and conservation
- Fungal genetics, reproduction, and pest control
Why The Applied Genetics of Humans, Animals, Plants and Fungi 2nd Edition is useful
This edition is useful for genetics students because it shows how the same genetic concepts produce different practical tools in medicine, animal breeding, crop improvement, biotechnology, and microbial work. Readers can move from allele frequencies and heritability to real applications such as selection programs, genetic diagnosis, cloning, conservation, and engineered organisms. The expanded human and animal content also helps connect classical genetics with modern biomedical and agricultural questions. It is well suited to courses that want more applied breadth than a standard molecular-genetics text.
Who uses this book
- Genetics Students
- Biology Students
- Biotechnology Students
- Agricultural Science Students
- Animal Science Students
- Plant Science Students
- Biomedical Science Students
- Students Studying Applied Breeding and Genetic Technologies
- Genetics and Biotechnology Educators
Also suitable for other learners and professionals who need a focused reference or structured review in this subject area.
Key topics in the book
- Quantitative genetics
- Population genetics
- Selection
- Mutation
- Genetic mapping
- Chromosome variation
- Medical genetics
- Animal breeding
- Plant breeding
- Genetic engineering
- Conservation genetics
- Fungal genetics
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