Animal Breeding Methods Course Notes
This note covers the
following topics: Overview of Animal Breeding, Matrix Algebra, Genetic
Relationships, Writing a Linear Model, Animal Models, Genetic Change, Phantom
Parent Groups, Maternal Genetic Effects, Multiple Traits, Non-Additive Genetic
Effects, Random Regression Models, Breeding Objectives, Correlated Responses,
Mating Systems, Dairy Cattle Notes, Genome Wide Selection, R Basics and
Evolutionary Algorithms.
Author(s): L. R. Schaeffer
186 Pages