ANSC 305: Animal Breeding

Course Description

Credits 3.
2 Lecture Hours.
2 Lab Hours.A systems approach to selection and mating of livestock; gene frequency, heritability, relationship, inbreeding, linebreeding, heterosis, crossbreeding, direct and correlated response to selection, and use of pedigree, family, progeny testing and indices for selection.Prerequisites:Grade of C or better inANSC 111andANSC 113;GENE 301;STAT 301,STAT 302,STAT 303, orANSC 309; junior classification or approval of instructor.