Julius van der Werf Professor in Animal Breeding & Genetics School of Environmental & Rural Science Phone: +61 2 6773 2092 Email: jvanderw at une.edu.au

Annual Armidale summer course: Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2023

Teaching at UNE UNE Courses and Units

UNE Genetics Units

Unit ID	Unit Title	Teaching Period	Mode	Int School	Exam
GENE210	Introductory Genetics	TRI-1	OL, ON	Mandatory	Yes
GENE251	Introduction to Breeding and Genetics	TRI-2	OL, ON	Mandatory	Yes
GENE322	Genetics of Populations	TRI-1	OL, ON	Mandatory	Yes
GENE351	Introduction to Breeding and Genetics	TRI-2	OL, ON	Mandatory	Yes
GENE352	Genomic Analysis and Bioinformatics	TRI-1	OL, ON	None	No
GENE410	Introductory Genetics	TRI-1	OL, ON	Mandatory	Yes
GENE422	Genetic Evaluation and Breeding Program Design	TRI-3	OL	Mandatory	No
GENE500	Special Reading Unit	TRI-1, TRI-2	OL, ON	None	No
GENE522	Genetic Evaluation and Breeding Program Design	TRI-3	OL	Mandatory	No
GENE552	Genomic Analysis and Bioinformatics	TRI-1	OL, ON	None	No

More detail on the main units in animal breeding

• Introduction to Breeding and Genetics (GENE251/351)
• Genetic Evaluation and Breeding Program Design (GENE422/522)

Teaching material, used for postgraduate courses

· Armidale Animal Breeding Summer Course 2023

· Korea Materials on Breeding Program Design and Genomic Selection (3 days) 2016

· Uruguay Materials on Breeding Program Design and Genomic Selection (4 days) 2016

· Materials on linear models in animal breeding (2003)

Teaching Materials and software

· Teaching Software   various Excel programs for animal breeding and genetics

· Teaching Material of some ancient short courses

· Industry Training (Sheep Genetics)

• Research and publications
• Google Scholar Citations
• Our recent book on “Advances in breeding of dairy cattle”
• Research interests
• Sheep CRC Genetics Program (ended July 2019)

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Last revision : March 2020