ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: BHS10061f12
Semester: 2012/2013 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: dr hab. Joanna Szyda prof UP
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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