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ANSC*6370 QG and Animal Models
Fall 03 - Quiz 9

1.

How would you simulate a normal distribution variable that has mean 0 and variance 64?

2.

How would you simulate a normal distribution variable that has mean 100 and variance 64?

3.

How would you simulate an offspring true breeding value from a male with true breeding value of +10 and a female with true breeding value of +8 with an additive genetic variance of 50?

4.

How would you simulate whether an offspring should be a male or female offspring?

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5.

Below are some pedigrees and their diagonals of ${\bf B}$, write out ${\bf A}^{-1}$ for these few animals.

Animal	Sire	Dam	${\bf B}$
S	A	B	1/2
T	B	C	15/32
U	A	C	55/128
A	-	-	1/2
B	-	-	1/2
C	-	-	7/16

	--A--	--B--	--C--	--S--	--T--	--U--
A
B
C
S
T
U

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