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| VETE0038-4 | Quantitative genetics : Selection of domestic animals
- Common courses
- Pet animals and equidae part
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| Duration : | Common courses : 22h Th, 5h Mon. WS
Pet animals and equidae part : 10h Th
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| Lecturer : | Common courses : Johann Detilleux, Pascal Leroy
Pet animals and equidae part : Johann Detilleux
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| Coordinator : | Johann Detilleux |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The main part (tronc commun) of the course is articulated on two main fields: quantitative and population genetics .
Population genetics seeks to explain the origin and the maintenance of genetic variability in the populations, and its importance and significance in terms of adaptation and evolution.
Quantitative genetics is the genetics of the characters with continuous variation (some exception) and with complex determinism, i.e. controlled by several genetic factors and several nongenetic factors.
The concepts learned in the main part are applied to the genetic selection of the animals for production (VETE0038-5) or for sport (VETE0038-4)
The topics are:
- Introduction to population genetics : law of Hardy Weinberg and extensions, evolutionary forces, co-evolution
- Introduction to quantitative genetics: decomposition of the phenotypical variation of the quantitative characters, estimate of the genetic parameters and the values of breeding, calculation of the genetic profit
- Strategies for genetic improvement of the domestic animals
The concepts learned in the main course (tronc commun) are applied to the genetic selection to the animals of sport and company (VETE0038-1) |
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| The concepts learned in the main course (tronc commun) are applied to the genetic selection to the animals of sport and company (VETE0038-1) |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will be able of:
1. identifying when and how genes fluctuate in time, which forces make them vary and how these fluctuations may explain the mechanisms of evolution of the animal species (wild and domestic)
2. identifying data necessary to the genetic evaluation of sport and production animals, and understanding the mathematical models used in animal selection
3. to apply the concepts learned in the course to the selection domestic animals |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Knowledge necessary to the comprehension of this course is those desired of the students of third year in veterinary medicine (or the equivalent), i.e., to understand the basic concepts in genetics and statistics |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course on population genetics is available on a CDRom to which students have access freely.
The course on quantitative genetics and its applications in animal breeding are presented in weekly plenary sessions. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Introduction to quantitative genetics (Falconer, 1985)
Genetic improvement of cattle and sheep (Simm, 1998)
Genetics for the animal sciences (VanVelck et al., 1987)
Principles of population genetics (Hartl & Clark, 1988)
An introduction to genetic analysis (Griffiths et. al., 1998) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| At the end of course, the student will be able, individually, without the assistance of the notes:
- of solving with the necessary precision the exercises and problems referring to the course, with the assistance of a calculator,
- of understanding the illustrations (diagram, appear, graph, table, ...) of the concepts learned during the course,
- of recognizing and identifying, without any help, important concepts
- of extrapolating learned oncepts to evolutionary phenomena observed in animal populations and to method of animal breeding |
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