"This book gives a good overall review of the advances that have recently occurred in the fields of poultry genetics and genomics…one thing that really struck me about this book was the calibre of the editorial team and the international range and expertise of the contributing authors. With over 550 pages this book is well worth its place on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in poultry breeding and genomics."International Hatchery Practice

The poultry breeding sector faces a number of challenges, including the need to produce more resilient breeds in the face of disease, antibiotic resistance, increasing consumer concerns about bird health and welfare and expectations of poultry meat and egg quality.

Advances in poultry genetics and genomics provides a comprehensive review of the recent developments in poultry genetics, breeding and genomics, focussing on the improvement of functional traits to build resilience, the use of genomic selection and its application in breeding improved layers and broilers, as well as the sector’s emerging trends such as epigenetics and genome editing.

With its distinguished editor team and international range of expert contributors, Advances in poultry genetics and genomics will be a standard reference for poultry scientists, companies involved in poultry breeding and government agencies supporting the poultry sector.

Contributions by: Michèle Tixier-Boichard, Steffen Weigend, Leif Andersson, Bertrand Bed’hom, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Masafumi Inaba, Ron Okimoto, Douglas D. Rhoads, Robert F. Wideman Jr., Elizabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Nabeel Alnahhas, Eva Pampouille, Cécile Berri, Behnam Abasht, Anna Wolc, J. Arango, Janet E. Fulton, Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau, Walter Bottje, Juniper Lake, Heng-Wei Cheng, Sha Jiang, Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan, J. Kaufman, A. Psifidi, Huaijun Zhou, Mark Fife, Martin Johnsson, Henk Bovenhuis, Frédéric Farnir, Pascale Le Roy, Luis Varona, Samuel E. Aggrey, Romdhane Rekaya, Ignacy Misztal, Daniela Lourenco, Andreas Kranis, Gerasimos Maniatis, R. N. Chatterjee, Paul B. Siegel, Sami Dridi, Johan Buyse, Anne Collin, Vincent Coustham, Elske N. de Haas, Frédérique Pitel, Maeve Ballantyne, Dadakhalandar Doddamani, Michael J. McGrew