COURSE CODE: ABG 500
COURSE TITLE: APPLIED ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENE
NUMBER OF UNITS: 3 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Prof. M. O. Ozoje, (B. Sc., M. Sc., Ph.D., MNSAP, MASAN, MGSN)
Email: miczoje@yahoo.com
Office Location: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Other Lecturers: Dr. O. Olowofeso
COURSE CONTENT:
Variances, Co-variances, Partitioning of phenotypic variance, Heritability and repeatability, Genotype by environment interaction, Correlation between traits, In-breeding, Line breeding and relationship, Cross-breeding in practice, selection in practice, Genetic improvement for various livestock traits.
