GENETICS

Introduction to Genetics by Fred Lanting as posted on the Mastiff Reporter Archive:

• Part 1 Intro Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest, Cell Division and Chromosomes, and the interaction of genes. {http://devinefarm.net/rp/introgen.htm}
• Part 2 Dominance and Polygenic Traits {http://devinefarm.net/rp/gen2.htm}
• Part 3 (and last) gives an idea of “What’s Ahead” and discuss the whether orthopedic disorders such as HD inherited, the variation in polygenic traits, the random nature of polygenic disorders and how much is genetic and how much environmental. {http://devinefarm.net/rp/gen3.htm}

Animal Genetics:

• Internet Articles by Sue Ann Bowling {http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/Genetics.html}
• Canine Genetic Diseases {www.gopetsamerica.com/dog-health/genetic_diseases.aspx}
• Canine Inherited Disorders Database (CIDD) {www.upei.ca/~cidd/intro.htm}
• Canine Genetics Primer (includes colour) {http://www.tenset.co.uk/doggen/indexus.html}

Genetic Articles by Dr. John Armstrong:

• Basic Concepts
• Breeding Schemes
• Significant Relationships
• Population Genetics and Breeding
• The Nature of Genetic Disease
• Eliminating Mutation: the impossible dream
• Diversity and the Purebred Dog
• Inbreeding and Diversity
• Diversity in Poodles
• Glossary of Genetic Terms

Genetic Articles by J. Jeffrey Bragg:

• Purebred Dog Breeds into the Twenty-First Century:  Achieving Genetic Health for Our Dogs
  {http://dogdimension.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shared:purebreddogs21stc}
• The Genetic Tide: Will it Leave Us High and Dry?
  {http://dogdimension.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shared:genetictide}
• The Genetic Tide Continues to Swell: Will DNA Marker Research Stop the Flood?
  {http://dogdimension.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shared:genetictideswells}
• Random Genetic Drift: The Breeder’s Hidden Enemy
  {http://dogdimension.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shared:randomgeneticdrift}
• Canine Population Genetics in Practice: Principles for the Breeder
  {http://dogdimension.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shared:populationgeneticspractice}

Additional References:

• Basic Dog Breeding Genetics at DogBreedingDecisions.blogspot.com
• Inbreeding, Linebreeding and Crossbreeding from NSAE News, December 2007 {www.netpets.com/dogs/reference/genetics/inbreeda.html}
• Using Inbreeding Coefficients from ASGHI {www.ashgi.org/articles/breeding_coi.htm}
• Canine Population Genetics in Practice: Principles for the Breeder by J. Jeffery Bragg {http://dogdimension.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=shared:populationgeneticspractice}
• The Punnett Square {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punnett_square}