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793-218 Horse Genetics and Breeding | |
Credit Points | 5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr P Cakebread |
Semester | 1, repeat 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Lectures 20 hours; practical classes 12 hours |
Subject Description | The objective of this subject is to enable students to develop skills and knowledge in relation to horse genetics and breeding. The content includes: An introduction to genetics, genes and chromosomes. Sex determination. Dominance, recessiveness. Homozygosity, heterozygosity and colouring. The inheritance of faults, lethal genes and the interaction of two pairs of genes. Probability, variation, mutation and chromosomal abnormalities. Selection - its goal, differential and pressure. Prediction of response. Aids to selection - performance testing, heart scores, chromosome tracing. Performance measurement in warmbloods, quarterhorses and stockhorses. Breeds, strains, development of new breeds, inbreeding, linebreeding, cross-breeding, outcrossing. Breeding theories, Lowe, Varolla, Vuillier. Stamina index. |
Assessment | Internal students - Three-hour exam (100%). External students - Assignment of 3000 words (100%). |
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