Agricultural Science Curriculum

AGSC 327: GENETICS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL IMPROVEMENT

Mark R. Campbell
3072 Magruder Hall
785-4280 (Office), 627-5840 (Home)
campbell@truman.edu

Tom Marshall
163 Barnett Hall
785-4281 (Office)
temarsh@truman.edu


TOPICS

Selection for quantitative traits

1. Recurrent Selection
   • method of selection
   • selection indices
   • heritability
   • components of variation
   • actual and estimated genetic gains
2. RFLP mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL)
   • Southern blotting
   • Mapping
   • LOD scores and single-factor analysis
   • Marker assisted selection

1. Traditional measures of heterosis
2. Heterotic patterns
3. Use of RFLPs for predicting heterosis

1. Traditional methods
2. Marker based