Systematics and phylogeny of cattle / A. Hassanin -- Genetic aspects of domestication / J.A Lenstra and M. Felius -- Breeds of cattle / D.S. Buchanan and J.A Lenstra -- Molecular genetics of coat colour variation / A. Ruvinsky -- Genetics of morphological traits and inherited disorders / F.W. Nicholas -- Cytogenetics and chromosome maps / D.M. Larkin and M. Farr鈋 -- Bovine genomics / D. Adelson Z. Qu, J. M. Raison and S.L. Lim -- Bovine immunogenetics / Y. Aida, S-n. Takeshima, C.L. Baldwin and A.K. Kaushik -- Genetics of disease resistance / A. Ruvinsky and A. Teale -- Molecular biology and genetics of bovine spongiform encephalopathy / N. Hunter -- Genetics of behaviour in cattle / P. Wiener -- Genetics of reproduction in cattle / B.W. Kirkpatrick -- Modern reproductive technologies and breed improvement / H.A. Shojaei Saadi and C. Robert -- Developmental genetics / A. Ruvinsky -- Genetic improvement of dairy cattle / V. Ducrocq and G. Wiggans -- Molecular genetics of milk protein production / J.A. Sharp and K. Nicholas -- Genetic of fatty acid composition in bovine milk and beef / R.A. Nafikov, H. Soyeurt and D.C. Beitz -- Genetic improvement of beef cattle / B.P. Kinghorn, R.G. Banks and G. Simm -- Genomic prediction and genome-wide association studies in beef and dairy cattle / D.J. Garrick and R. Fernando -- Genetics of feed intake and efficiency / D. Berry, E. Kennedy and J.J. Crowley -- Genetics of growth and body composition / M.L. Thonney -- Genetics of meat quality / R.G. Mateescu -- Genetic aspects of cattle adaptation in the tropics / H.M. Burrow -- Standard genetic nomenclature / Z-L. Hu, J.M. Reecy, F. McCarthy and C.A. Park.