ANS 302 — Introduction to Animal Breeding and Genetic
ANS department course · Nigerian universities
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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)
brief history of genetics enunciating the contributions of Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, E. H. Hackel. A. Weisman, W. Batesman etc
the chromosome compliments of common farn animals (cattle, sheep, goat, pig etc)
the helical nature of the DNA molecule and the base pairing system
the role of the DNA and RNA in genetic coding
monohybrid and Dihybrid inheritance using cross diagrams and the Punnet square
how to distinguish between qualitative (descriptive) and quantitative (metric) traits
Course contents
History of genetics. Chromosomes structure, number and variations. Gene and genotype. Genetic code. Mendelism; fundamental principles of inheritance, quantitative and qualitative characters and their inheritance. Different types of gene actions, values and means, repeatability, heritability etc. Animal variation and selection principles.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ANS 302.