Livestock Breeding and Genomics

Course Catalogue

The link to the course catalogue: 751-6305-00L Livestock Breeding and Genomics

Topics for Master Theses

Topics for Master Theses at Qualitas AG together with ETH are available here

Information

  • Lecturer: Peter von Rohr
  • Date: Friday 9-12
  • Room: LFW C11
  • Moodle: https://moodle-app2.let.ethz.ch/course/view.php?id=23928
  • Zoom: https://ethz.zoom.us/j/66360111190

Exercise Platform

Three options are available

  1. Webr: https://webr.r-wasm.org/latest
  2. Posit cloud: https://posit.cloud
  3. Run your own platform: Follow steps on https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop

Exam

  • Written exam
    • Date: 20.12.2024 - 09:15 - 11:15
    • Room: LFW C 11
    • Datasets for written exam
  • Aural exam

Questions

Questions can be asked during the lecture and during the exercise hour or via e-mail:

  • Peter von Rohr (peter.vonrohr at usys.ethz.ch)

Lecture Program

Week Date Topic
1 20.09 Introduction to Livestock Breeding and Genomics
2 27.09 Review of Quantitative Genetics/Single Locus
3 04.10 Genetic Evaluation with Different Sources of Information
4 11.10 Genetic Covariance Between Relatives
5 18.10 Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) - Univariate Analysis
6 25.10 BLUP - Additional Aspects
7 01.11 BLUP - Multiple Traits
8 08.11 Variance and Inbreeding
9 15.11 Variance Components Estimation
10 22.11 Genomic Selection
11 29.11 Genom-Wide Association Studies
12 06.12 Review on Selection Index Theory
13 13.12 Test-Exam and Questions
14 20.12 Exam

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