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Evaluating Animal Breeding Programmes
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教学大纲
Module 1: Introduction
Introduction to evaluating animal breeding programmes, along the seven steps that are needed to set up a breeding programme.
Module 2: Crossbreeding and Dissemination
Learning about heterosis and crossbreeding, including crossbreeding schemes in practice. Learning about the most important breeding programme structures and schemes, and about which key factors influence this structure.
Module 3: Evaluation of Breeding Programmes
How do we assess genetic improvement in breeding programmes? Let’s investigate limits to selection, genotype by environment interaction and its consequences for breeding programmes. Learn how multi-trait selection can reduce unwanted correlated responses.
Module 4: Genetic Diversity I - Monogenic Recessive Disorders
This module is all about the nature of monogenic recessive disorders, their mode of inheritance and about strategies to eliminate these defects. Learn about the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and about genetic drift in relation to genetic diversity.
Module 5: Genetic Diversity II - Population Level
Let’s study the forces that affect genetic diversity on a population level, and factors that influence the rate of inbreeding. We will predict the rate of inbreeding in simple situations, and learn how to monitor genetic diversity. Finally, we will discuss in vivo and in vitro strategies to conserve genetic diversity.
Module 6: Breeding Programmes in Practice
Introduction to evaluating animal breeding programmes in practice, through a number of real life situations. How do the different topics covered in the course affect choices made when designing and evaluating a breeding programme?
先决条件
Knowledge of statistics at a 2nd or 3rd year university level is needed to follow this course successfully.
讲师
Henk Bovenhuis
Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wageningen University & Research
Hans Komen
Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wageningen University & Research
Jack Windig
Researcher at Wageningen Livestock Research
Wageningen University & Research
Mario Calus
Senior researcher at Wageningen Livestock Research
Wageningen University & Research
Piter Bijma
Assistant Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wageningen University & Research
John Bastiaansen
Research associate Animal Breeding and Genomics
Wageningen University & Research
Han Mulder
Assistant Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wageningen University & Research
Bart Ducro
Assistant professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wageningen University & Research
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其中,阿尔特拉研究所(Alterra Institute)是对人工和人造环境(农村环境、城市生态学、绿地、绿网)进行多学科研究的机构。
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