Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Syllabus for:
Quantitative genetics PVS0058
A PhD course in animal genetics / breeding,
5 ECTS
Kvantitativ genetik, en doktorandkurs i husdjursavel
Subject:
Biology
Course type: Subject course
English
Language:
Prerequisites: A basic understanding of Mendelian genetics, population genetics, and
statistics at the undergraduate level and knowledge of high school level
algebra are assumed.
Objective:
The aims are to provide a good understanding of general principles in
quantitative genetics theory and a good insight in the dynamics of
quantitative genetic variation. The course will provide a sound foundation in
quantitative genetics for researchers from a variety of disciplines such as
animal and plant breeding, evolutionary genetics, behavioral genetics, and
genetic epidemiology.
Content:
Equilibrium state of populations and its change under systematic and
dispersive processes; Description of continuous variation; Selection;
Inbreeding and crossbreeding; Genotype-environment interaction;
QTL/genomics; Genetic and genomic models.
Examination: Active participation in the discussions during the meetings, presentation of
textbook chapters and milestone papers, selected problems, delivering short
written reports.
Literature:
The course will be based on Falconer & Mackay (1996), Introduction to
quantitative genetics (4th edition,). Supplementing literature from other
textbooks and scientific papers will also be used. See also the following link:
https://sites.google.com/site/quantitativegenetics2011/
Requirement: The time required for this course is 135 hours divided into 30 lecture hours
and 105 hours of self-study.
Time:
September 4 – November 6 (10 weeks), 35% of full time studies.
Coordinator: Associate Professor: Hossein Jorjani Hossein.Jorjani@slu.se
Application:
By e-mail to the coordinator not later than June 15, 2013