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Christian Maltecca


Maltecca, Christian
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North Carolina State University
Campus Box 7621
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695

University Profile

Program involvement
Quantitative Genetics & Genomics Online Courses - Instructor

Biography

Christian Maltecca is an associate professor in quantitative genetics and breeding in the animal science department at North Carolina State University. He is also a faculty of the genetics program at the same institution. His research focuses on the genetic improvement of economically relevant traits in livestock. The main interests of his research group are in the areas breeding, genomic prediction, and quantitative trait locus mapping of functional traits in dairy and swine.

Education

Ph.D. in Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
Ph.D. in Animal Science, Universita' degli studi di Milano, 2005
B.S. in Animal Science, Universita' degli studi di Milano, 2000