Course Description

The development of practical poultry breeding programs. The mode of inheritance and relative heritability of various characteristics of economic importance and criteria for effective selection toward their improvement.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are required to write a term paper on some aspect of genetics of the fowl.

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Athena Title

ADV POUL BREEDING

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Prerequisite

POUL 3720

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Semester Course Offered

Offered spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to broaden students knowledge the estimation of genetic parameters, genetic model building, predictions, selection and application of selection principles to genetic improvement.

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Topical Outline

Values and Means Variances ANOVA Resemblance between relatives Estimation of Variance Components Mixed Model Methodology Selection Index Methodology Genetic Trend Breeding Objectives Applied Breeding Inbreeding and Inbreeding Depression Crossbreeding Genomics -Application in Breeding

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