Recognizing the significant advances made in the field of animal genetics in the ten years since the first edition, this new edition of the successful 2001 book provides a comprehensive update as well as new material on topics such as genetic diversity of dog breeds, canine genomics, olfactory genetics and cancer genetics.

Contributions by: Carles Vila, Ludmila N Trut, Heidi Parker, Gregory S Barsh, Frank W Nicholas, Lorna Kennedy, Rory Todhunter, Hannes Lohi, Cathryn Mellersh, Matthew Breen, Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Alice Moon-Fanelli, Catharina Linde-Forsberg, Frances Galibert, Anita M Oberbauer, Tom R Famula, K Gordon Lark, Alan Wilton, Keith Murphy, Zhi-Liang Hu, Steven Hamilton