Evolution and Animal Breeding Reviews on Molecular and Quantitative Approaches in Honour of Alan Robertson

c Preface c Biographical Sketch of Alan RobertsonA. POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION n 1 c Alan Robertson's contributions to population genetics a J. Felsenstein n 2 c Neutral theory a M. Kimura n 3 c Inferences from or about molecular evolution a C. H. Langley n 4 c Evolution at 'silent' sites in DNA a P. M. Sharp n 5 c DNA sequence polymorphisms a R. C. Lewontin n 6 c Restriction map analysis in population genetics a A. J. Leigh Brown n 7 c Analysis of disequilibrium coefficients a B. S. Weir and C. C. Cockerham n 8 c The population biology of transposable elements a B. Charlesworth n 9 c Gene families a T. Ohta n 10 c Phenotypic models of evolution a J. Maynard Smith n 11 c Population structure a J. S. F. BarkerB. GENETICS OF METRIC TRAITS n 12 c Alan Robertson's contributions to quantitative genetics a R. Frankham n 13 c Fitness variation in natural populations a J. F. Crow n 14 c The measurement of fitness in drosophila a J. A. Sved n 15 c Mutation and maintenance of quantitative genetic variation a W. G. Hill n 16 c Mutation and the origin of quantitative variation a T. F. C. Mackay n 17 c Selection experiments and the nature of quantitative variation a D. S. Falconer n 18 c Tests of theory by selection experiments a C. Lopez-Fanjul n 19 c The genetic basis of selection for growth a J. C. McCarthy and R. C. Roberts n 20 c Identification of genes which influence quantitative traits a O. Mayo n 21 c The quantitative effects of genes which influence metric traits a L. R. Piper and A. E. ShrimptonC. QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO ANIMAL BREEDING n 22 c Alan Robertson's contributions to theory and application of animal improvement a J. W. B. King n 23 c Estimation of genetic parameters a K. Meyer n 24 c Design of experiments to estimate genetic parameters within populations a R. Thompson n 25 c The estimation of genetic parameters for all-or-none and categorical traits a B. J. McGuirk n 26 c Estimation of breeding values a L. Dempfle n 27 c Design of animal breeding programmes a J. W. James n 28 c Animal breeding practice a A. J. Webb n 29 c Incorporation of new reproductive technology in genetic improvement programmes a F. W. NicholasD. GENETIC MANIPULATION AND ANIMAL BREEDING n 30 c The application of molecular manipulation to livestock improvement a R. B. Land n 31 c Quantitative variation and the control analysis of enzyme systems a H. Kacser n 32 c The biochemical control of quantitative traits a G. Bulfield n 33 c Physiological predictors of genetic merit a J. C. McKay n 34 c Use of identified genes in animal breeding a C. Smith and I. McMillan n 35 c Genetic engineering in animals a R. B. Church n 36 c Gene expression in transgenic animals a J. O. Bishop and R. Al-Shawi c Bibliography of Alan Robertson c ReferencesHill, William G. is the author of 'Evolution and Animal Breeding Reviews on Molecular and Quantitative Approaches in Honour of Alan Robertson' with ISBN 9780851986395 and ISBN 0851986390.