Genetics of Domestic Livestock, ABAS 3420

Fall, 2009

Course Materials

Syllabus

Homework Assignments:

Assignment #1 (due Sept. 5)

Lecture Notes:

Overview of the Livestock Industry

Chapter 3, Mendelian Inheritance

Chapter 4: Genes in Populations

Genetics of Horse Coat Color

Chapter 6: Selection for Simply-Inherited Traits

Chapter 7: Genetic Model for Quantitative Traits

Chapter 8: Statistics and their Application to Quantitative Traits

Chapter 9: Heritability and Repeatability

Chapter 11 & 12: Sire Summaries and Animal Evaluation

Chapter 13: Correlated Response to Selection

Chapter 14: Multiple Trait Selection

Chapter 16: Random Mating, Assortative Mating, & Complementarity

Chapter 17: Inbreeding & Outbreeding

 Chapter 18: Hybrid Vigor

Chapter 19: Crossbreeding Systems

Chapter 20: Biotechnology and Animal Breeding

Course Summary