About Lesson
Steps of Animal Breeding
- Definition of the production system
- Definition of breeding goal
- Collection of information ( phenotypes, family relationships, genotypes, etc.)
- Determining selection criteria ( Genetic model, Breeding value estimation)
- Selection and mating ( Predicting selection response, Consequences of mating decisions)
- Dissemination ( Structure of breeding program, Crossbreeding)
- Evaluation ( Genetic improvement, Genetic diversity).