The Inheritance of Coat Color in Dogs, by Little, Clarence C. Sc. D.
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The Inheritance of Coat Color in Dogs, by Little, Clarence C. Sc. D.. Howell Book House: New York, 1984. Edition: Eighth Printing. ISBN: 0876056214. Hardcover, 194 pages. Quarter bound in gray cloth over dark blue cloth. Title on cover in white, on spine in blue ink. Black & While illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

Condition: Near Fine. A little smudging on light gray portion of the cover, otherwise fine. All pages clean and tight. Book appears unread. No jacket, as issued.

Contents: First published in 1957, Little's Inheritance of Coat Color in Dogs is a seminal work in the field of dog genetics. Even now, almost fifty years later, there are only two or three books, including this one, that go into canine genetics in any depth.

The book has three main parts:

• INTRODUCTION AND GENETIC BACKGROUND.
• BASIC COAT COLOR GENES OF THE DOG
• GENETIC ANALYSIS BY BREEDS

From the Introduction:

Part One consists of a discussion of material and methods from and by which the data were derived. This is followed by presentation of general genetic background material to cover the principles of Mendelian heredity. In Part Two a more or less technical discussion of the genetic data has been presented under the various gene locations involved. … Part Three is a brief analysis by breeds, with less technical emphasis and with references to sources of information of a type likely to be known by the practical breeder.