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GENERAL ZOOTECHNICS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
cod. 14525

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Alberto SABBIONI
Academic discipline
Zootecnica generale e miglioramento genetico (AGR/17)
Field
Discipline della zootecnia, allevamento e nutrizione animale
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
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2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: GENERAL ZOOTECHNICS AND GENETIC IMPROVEMENT

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Learning objectives

Provide the student with the fundamentals relative to genetic transmission of characteristics

Prerequisites

Histology and embryology - Zoology <br />
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Applied physics – Basic mathematics for biomedical sciences – Medical and biological computer science

Course unit content

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Zootechnical systems for the production of meat, milk and other animal-based products. Structure of animal populations. Outline of genetic transmission of characteristics. Mendelian heredity (qualitative characteristics, laws of Mendel, gene interaction and deviation from expected Mendelian relationships, sex determination and sex-related heredity, lethal genes, multiple allelism). Population genetic principles (concept of genic frequency, law of Hardy-Weinberg). Statistical concepts (probability, variance, covariance, correlation and regression).  

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Bibliography

* BITTANTE G., ANDRIGHETTO L., RAMANZIN M.: Fondamenti di Zootecnica. Liviana Ed., Padova, 1990 <br />
* PAGNACCO G.: Genetica animale applicata.Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano, 2004 <br />
* PILLA A.M.: Valutazione genetica e scelta degli animali. Edagricole, BO, 2002 <br />
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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