Graduate Courses

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Students completing this course will learn about linear models used in animal breeding. These models will be discussed in the context of the random variable that is to be predicted. Specifically, the course will cover animal models, sire/maternal grandsire models, and sire models. Models including a single record, repeated records, and models with both direct and maternal effects will be discussed. Prerequisite: Selection Index Theory and Application

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Matt Spangler
Office: 402-472-6489
mspangler2@unl.edu

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To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Canvas at UNL

UNL Graduate Studies will email students with information (student name, email, and NU ID) and instructions for accessing UNL classes. For undergraduate students in the ECEMS program, Mel Sedlacek will email students with information and instructions for accessing UNL classes. Students will claim their UNL account by setting a password and security questions. Once students claim their ID, they will be able to access their courses at https://canvas.unl.edu/. Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of class.

Please contact the UNL campus coordinator listed below with any questions.

Lisa King for Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Youth Development, and Community Development

Mel Sedlacek for Early Care & Education

Kelly Durkin for Dietetics

Melisia Bieber for Merchandising

Melissa Sailors for Ag Systems Management & Technology, Animal Science, Food Safety & Defense, Grassland Management, Horticulture, and Quantitative Genetics & Genomics

 

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This course does not require an exam proctor.

This course does not include synchronous components.

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The following textbook is recommended: Mrode, R. A. 2014. Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values, 3rd Edition. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK [ISBN 978-1-84593-981-6 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-78064-391-5 (hardback)]