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ANSC*6370 - QG and Animal Breeding
Fall 03 - Review

The following lists the subjects covered during the course, and which you are expected to discuss in your oral exam.

1.

The concepts of quantitative genetics from a single locus to the infinitesimal locus model. Loci, alleles, allele frequencies, equilibrium, means, variances, epistasis.

2.

Matrix algebra, basics, terminology, operations, use in linear models.

3.

Writing a linear model, equation, expectations and (co)variance matrix structures, assumptions and limitations.

4.

Estimation, OLS equations, AOV tables, general linear hypothesis.

5.

Prediction, Mixed model equations.

6.

Animal relationships, gametic relationships, additive genetic, non-additive genetic, inverse of additive genetic matrix.

7.

Animal models of various types, single records, repeated records, non-additive genetic models, maternal genetic models, random regression models, and multiple trait models.

8.

Comparison of models.

Below are a list of topics not covered in the course.

1.

Categorical data and threshold models.

2.

Linear models for QTL analyses.

3.

Finite loci models.

4.

Modeling concerns. (Fixed versus Random)

5.

Generalized Linear Models.

6.

Bayesian Theory.

7.

Applications of linear models to complex situations or non standard situations. (Sports, stock markets)

8.

Recursive estimation.