| | | Frontispiece | | |
| | | Contributors | | |
| | | Preface by Anatoly Ruvinsky and Jeff Sampson | | |
| 1 | | Phylogeny and Origin of the Domestic Dog by R. K. Wayne and C. Vila | | 1 |
| 2 | | Experimental Studies of Early Canid Domestication by L. N. Trut | | 15 |
| 3 | | Consequences of Domestication: Morphological Diversity of the Dog by R. K. Wayne | | 43 |
| 4 | | Genetics of Coat Colour and Hair Texture by D. P. Sponenberg and M. F. Rothschild | | 61 |
| 5 | | Genetics of Morphological Traits and Inherited Disorders by F. W. Nicholas | | 87 |
| 6 | | Biochemical Genetics and Blood Groups by R. K. Juneja and J. A. Gerlach and A. S. Hale | | 117 |
| 7 | | Molecular Genetics of the Dog by D. R. Sargan and J. Sampson and M. M. Binns | | 139 |
| 8 | | Immunogenetics by J. L. Wagner and R. Storb and E. Marti | | 159 |
| 9 | | Genetic Aspects of Disease in Dogs by M. Brooks and D. R. Sargan | | 191 |
| 10 | | Genetics of Canine Hip Dysplasia and Other Orthopaedic Traits by G. J. Breur and G. Lust and R. J. Todhunter | | 267 |
| 11 | | Cytogenetics and Physical Chromosome Maps by M. Breen and M. Switonski and M. M. Binns | | 299 |
| 12 | | Linkage and Radiation Hybrid Mapping in the Canine Genome by E. A. Ostrander and F. Galibert and C. S. Mellersh | | 329 |
| 13 | | Genetics of Behaviour by K. A. Houpt and M. B. Willis | | 371 |
| 14 | | Biology of Reproduction and Modern Reproductive Technology by C. Linde-Forsberg | | 401 |
| 15 | | Developmental Genetics by A. Ruvinsky | | 431 |
| 16 | | Pedigree Analysis, Genotype Testing and Genetic Counselling by A. M. Oberbauer and J. Sampson | | 461 |
| 17 | | Genetics of Quantitative Traits and Improvement of Dog Breeds by T. R. Famula | | 487 |
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