INTRODUCTION TO PLANT QUANTITATIVE GENETICS

Tucson Winter Institute In Plant Breeding, 7 - 9 January 2013

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COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE NOTES

  1. Introduction to Modern Plant Breeding (Gore, Gutierrez, Walsh)

  2. Basic Genetics (Walsh, Gore)

  3. Basic Statistics (Walsh)

  4. Allelic Effects and Genetic Variances (Walsh)

  5. Resemblance Between Relatives (Walsh)

  6. Heritability and Field Designs (Gutierrez)

  7. QTL Mapping (Gutierrez)

  8. Association Mapping (Walsh, Gore)

  9. Inbreeding, Heterosis (Walsh, Gore)

  10. Mass and Family Selection (Walsh)