Topic outline

  • General

  • Topic 1

    Basic Genetics cell, chromosome, DNA and RNA

  • Topic 2

    Mendelian Genetics Medelian law, dominant, epistasis, multiple alleles, lethal gene, linkage and crossing over, sex determination, sex linked, sex limited and sex influenced

  • Topic 3

    Population Genetics Hardy-Weinberg law, gene and genotype frequencies, mutation, migration, selection, random and non-random mating, small population

    • Topic 4

      Quantitative Genetics Quantitaive traits vs Qualitative traits, Variance component

      • Topic 5

        Heritability (h2) meaning, type of heritability, calulation , usage

        • Topic 6

          Repeatability (t) meaning, calulation, usage

          • Topic 7

            Expeced breeding value (EBV) and Expected real producing ability (ERPA) usage and calculation

            • Topic 8

              Genetic correlation (rG) meaning. cause, calculation

              • Topic 9

                Animal Selection soure of data, selection method, selection response (genetic gain)

                • Topic 10

                  Inbreeding coefficient and Relationship coefficient meaning, bracket and arrow style pedigree, calcultion by halfing process and co-variance table

                  • Topic 11

                    Heterosis (heterozygosity or hybrid vigor) meaning, calcultion, cause of heterosis

                    • Topic 12

                      Mating system inbreeding, outbreeding, their effects, mating plan

                      • Topic 13

                        Swing breeding

                        • Topic 14

                          Poultry breeding

                          • Topic 15

                            Beef cattle breeding

                            • Topic 16

                              Dairy cattle breeding

                              • Topic 17

                                Biotechnology in Animal Breeding artificial insemination, embryo transfer, cloning, genetic engineering, GMO