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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
Heterosis and inbreeding
  1. Traditional measures of heterosis
  2. Heterotic patterns
  3. Use of RFLPs for predicting heterosis
Measurement of Diversity
  1. Traditional methods
  2. Marker based