Basic Population Genetics

Online Course

Basic Population Genetics for Dog Breeders

What is population genetics?
Why do you need to take this course?

NEXT COURSE STARTS 30 April 2014

Instructor
Carol Beuchat PhD
Scientific Director, ICB


TOPICS

Molecular Genetics, Clinical Genetics, and Population Genetics

How are they different?  How are they used?

Founders, gene pool, and genetic diversity 
What do the terms mean?  How are they determined?  Do they matter?

Coefficient of Inbreeding
What does it mean?  How is it calculated?  How is it used properly?

Relatedness
How genetically related are two dogs?  How is relatedness determined?  Does it matter?

Evaluating genetic health
What is effective population size?  What is effective number of founders?

Genetic testing
What are the right and wrong ways to use genetic tests?  Are genetic tests really the answer?

EBV
What is it? How is it calculated? How it can be used to dramatically improve the genetic management and breeding.

Improving the health of dogs
Putting it all together.

COURSE INFO

How long, how much?

Courses are 8 weeks and $95

How hard?  
You to work at your own pace.  "Basic" courses start with the basics.  We know you want to be a breeder, not a scientist.

How much time will it take?
Generally there will be 1-3 hours of reading and homework exercises each week. Some people will do more, some will do less.

How will we meet?
We will have a private Facebook Group where we can discuss and ask questions, each at your own convenience.

***  Is there a textbook?
Students are strongly advised to purchase a copy of Introduction to Veterinary Genetics (1995, by Nicholas).  If you can find it, another great book is the larger version of this book, Veterinary Genetics, but it's out of print; I got my used copy for about $12.00 (!!!), but you might have to dig around to find that kind of price.  Otherwise, it's about $100, but I would say it's a great value even for that.  (See the recommended books and order HERE.)

Are there breed-specific courses?
The Basic course is for all breeds.  Once you have taken that course, we can arrange a breed-specific course module - usually 2-3 weeks and with an enrollment of at least 5 students.  Learn more HERE.



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