RESTORATION OF ENDANGERED AND EXTINCT ANIMALS

2010

		Restoration of Endangered and Extinct Animals Edited by Ryszard Słomski Poznań University of Life Sciences, 2010 ISBN 978-83-7160-584-0
Year 2010 has been established by the United Nations as International Year of Biodiversity. The main goal is protection and conservation of biodiversity across all continents. The major causes of species endangerment are: habitat loss, pollution of environment, over-exploitation, diseases and climate change. This book encompasses information concerning endangered and extinct animals and captures solutions for protection and restoration of animals based on major advances that have occurred in both science and technology. Protection of domestic breeds and wild animal species is of equal importance. Scientists with long-refined expertise present the latest information concerning studies of both endangered and extinct animals at molecular level and discuss applications of biotechnology of reproduction for protection of threatened and restoration of extinct animal species.
CONTENTS
Ryszard Słomski Restoration of endangered and extinct animals			7
Keith H.S. Campbell Animal cloning for preservation and resurrection of endangered species			27
Alexander M. Dzieduszycki, Mirosław S. Ryba Endangered species protection in Poland of the old times			38
Wanda Olech The genetic variability within Bison bonasus species 90 years after bottleneck			48
Tadeusz Jezierski History of Konik Polski Horse			58
Eric H. Harley, Craig Lardner, Michael Gregor, Bernard Wooding, Michael H. Knight The restoration of the quagga - 24 years of selective breeding			78
Pasqualino Loi, Grażyna Ptak Somatic cells nuclear transfer in wild animals - a realistic view and some ideas			88
Andrzej Kędziora, Jerzy Karg Biodiversity of agricultural landscape			95
Volodymyr Ladyka, Iuliia Kulyk, Oleksandr Sverdlikov Improvement of Ukrainian Braunvieh Cattle using Brown Swiss			113
Zdzisław Smorąg, Barbara Gajda Application of reproduction biotechnology in maintaining of animal biodiversity			122
Cis van Vuure The aurochs (Bos primigenius) - its morphology and ecology			134
Hieronim Frąckowiak, Ewa Kudlińska, Ryszard Słomski Phylogenetic tree of Bovinae including the aurochs			145
Claude Guintard Preliminary results on gastrointestinal parasitism in five herds of Heck cattle in France — reflections on extensivity and rusticity, what about the first step of the domestication and the extinction of Bos primigenius?			161
Ryszard Słomski, Alexander M. Dzieduszycki, Daniel Lipiński, Marlena Szalata, Joanna Zeyland, Karolina Wielgus, Hieronim Frąckowiak, Zdzisław Smorąg, Jacek A. Modliński, Mirosław S. Ryba Analysis of genomic and mitochondrial DNA of aurochs			176
Jan Śmiełowski Management of populations of threatened animal species — can breeding activities save endangered species from extinction?			196
Ongoing projects			202
	Ruiqiang Li, Wei Fan, Geng Tian, et al. The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome		202
	Peixiang Ni, Ruiqiang Li, Rili Ge, Zhi Jiang From the genome of giant panda to three extreme-environment animals		203
	Andrzej G. Kruszewicz Zoological gardens — role in species protection		204
	Andrzej Krzywiński The development of new method of reintroduction “born to be free” and its use for protection of endangered species on the example of grouses and lynx		205
	Andrei Berezovsky, Alexey Fotin, Tatiana Fotina, Julia Dvorska New tool to increase reproduction in cows		206
	Wioletta Sawicka-Zugaj, Zygmunt Litwińczuk Whitebacked — Polish native cattle breed		207
	Krzysztof Andres, Andrzej Rabsztyn, Piotr Antos, Ewa Kapkowska Restoration of Polish native crested chickens — preliminary attempts		208
	Małgorzata Gumułka Preliminary studies on semen quality of Zatorska ganders from preserved genetic resources of Poland		209
	Beata Prusak, Tomasz Grzybowski, Bartłomiej Najbar, Sławomir Mitrus, Adam Hryniewicz, Grzegorz Górecki, Grzegorz Grzybowski Polish population of Emys orbicularis — genetic variability and implications for the species protection		210
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