NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 動物選拔特論(7154)
(Eng.) Special Topics in Animal Selection
Offering Dept Department of Animal Science
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher CHEN CHIH-FENG
Department Department of Animal Science/Graduate Language English Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description The objective of this course is to teach the fundamental theories of animal selection, model building with different methods, and the use of application software.
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self-directed learning in the course N
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Introduction of Animal Selection
Week 2 Literature review
Week 3 Matrix algebra
Week 4 Calculating inbreeding and relationship coefficients
Week 5 Genetic Evaluation with different Sources of Records
Week 6 Best linear unbiased prediction with animals models
Week 7 Variance Component Estimation with the VCE package
Week 8 Computation of random and fixed effects in animal breeding with the PEST package
Week 9 Methods to Reduce the Dimension of Multivariate Models
Week 10 Use of Genetic Markers in Breeding Value Prediction
Week 11 Computation of Genomic Breeding Values and Genomic Selection
Week 12 Non-additive Animal Models
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Evaluation
assignment (50%), oral presentation (50%)
Textbook & other References
Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values 3rd Edition, Raphael A. Mrode, CAB International.
Matrix algebra useful for statistics. Searle S. R., 1982, John Willey and Sons, New York.
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