ANIMAL BREEDING

The course aims to provide theoretical and practical knowledge on breeding and safeguarding programs of livestock, breeds, traditional tools of quantitative genetics and innovative biotechnology applied to animal populations. The genetic traceability of animal productions will be also treated.

Quantitative genetics – Genetic model - Kinship. Estimation of breeding value. Inbreeding e outbreeding. Analysis of variability. QTLs and Major genes for animal productions. Marker Assisted Selection (MSA). Biotechnologies applied to reproduction. Genetic polymorphism. Genetic markers (RFLPs, AFLPs, DNAmt, STRs or microsatellites, SNPs) applied to the analysis of livestock biodiversity and to the genetic traceability of animal productions.

Pagnacco “Genetica animale applicata” Editrice Ambrosiana.

Bittante Andrighetto Ramanzin ''Fondamenti di Zootecnica '' LIviana Editore.

Barcaccia, Falcinelli “Genetica e genomica” Vol III, Liguori Editore.Slide

Selected scientific papers, published in international scientific journals, will be given to the students during the class meeting.

All the suggested sources, including also the slides commented in the class, are available on Studium.