Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Defining the equine genome: The nuclear genome and the mitochondrial genome 1Bhanu P. Chowdhary
Chapter 2 Genetic linkage maps 11June Swinburne and Gabriella Lindgren
Chapter 3 Physical and comparative maps 49Terje Raudsepp and Bhanu P. Chowdhary
Chapter 4 The Y-chromosome 73Terje Raudsepp, Nandina Paria, and Bhanu P. Chowdhary
Chapter 5 Unexpected structural features of the equine major histocompatibility complex 93Loren C. Skow and Candice L. Brinkmeyer-Langford
Chapter 6 Assembly and analysis of the equine genome sequence 103Claire M. Wade
Chapter 7 Genomic tools and resources: Development and applications of an equine SNP genotyping array 113Molly McCue and Jim Mickelson
Chapter 8 Functional genomics 125Stephen J. Coleman, Michael J. Mienaltowski, and James N. MacLeod
Chapter 9 Coat color genomics 143Samantha A. Brooks and Rebecca R. Bellone
Chapter 10 Genomics of skin disorders 155Amy E. Young, Stephen D. White, and Danika L. Bannasvch
Chapter 11 Genomics of muscle disorders 171James R. Mickelson, Stephanie J. Valberg, Carrie J. Finno, and Molly E. McCue
Chapter 12 Genomics of skeletal disorders 187Ottmar Distl
Chapter 13 Genomics of reproduction and fertility 199Terje Raudsepp, Pranab J. Das and Bhanu P. Chowdhary
Chapter 14 Genetics of equine neurologic disease 217Carrie J. Finno and Monica Aleman
Chapter 15 Molecular genetic testing and karyotyping in the horse 241M. C. T. Penedo and Terje Raudsepp
Chapter 16 Genomics of laminitis 255Jim K. Belknap
Chapter 17 Genomics of performance 265Emmeline W. Hill, Lisa M. Katz, and David E. MacHugh
Chapter 18 Genomics of the circadian clock 285Barbara A. Murphy
Chapter 19 Mitochondrial genome: Clues about the evolution of extant equids and genomic diversity of horse breeds 311Cynthia C. Steiner, Kateryna D. Makova, and Oliver A. Ryder
Index 323