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2021 Spring Course Info
Primer to Quantitative GeneticsSelection Index Theory and ApplicationEconomic Breeding ProgramsIntroduction to R ProgrammingMarker-Assisted and Gene-Assisted SelectionIntroduction to Marker Association Analysis and QTL DetectionFrom Markers to Gene Function: Functional ChangePrediction and Control of Inbreeding in Breeding ProgramsMCMC Methods in Animal Breeding
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Spring 2021 Course Information
MCMC Methods in Animal Breeding
Course Description
This course will introduce students to computational techniques based on simulations that have become a staple in the field of animal breeding (and beyond) over the last 20 years. An overview of the most popular Monte Carlo methods will be provided to the students with an emphasis on hands-on reproducible examples developed through the R software. Minimal exposure to the R programming language will be required while no previous exposure to Monte Carlo methods is required. While a few examples in the class will be set in a Bayesian framework, no previous exposure to Bayesian statistics is required. Prerequisites: An Introduction to R Programming; Genetic Prediction
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Christian Maltecca
Office: 919-515-0812
cmaltec@ncsu.edu

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