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Course code: BHS10061f13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLIED TO ANIMAL BREEDING
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 30
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Joanna Szyda
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Students learn computer program packages, which are used in animal breeding practice for data storage, QTL detection, calculation of an inbreeding coefficient and prediction of breeding values. Selected elements of the analysis is carried by students themselves in the SAS package.
Competences: The completion of this course allows for working in centers dealing with the analysis of animal breeding data, such as national data base centers, international, national or intern centers for routine estimation of breeding values.
Prerequisites: Information technology, methodology of animal
Course content: Data base, the SAS package, QTL detection, prediction of breeding values
Recommended literature: Stones, R., Matthew, N. (2003) Bazy danych i MySQL. Od podstaw. Helion http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/91pdf/index.html Charon, K.M., Świtoński, M. (2005) Genetyka zwierząt. PWN Mrode, R.A., Thompson, R. (2005) Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values. CAB International
Assessment methods: Completion of the practical training part is based on grades, which are granted during the semester (minimum average grade to pass 2.51)
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