Animal Breeding and Genetics Lectures Now Available as Online Courses
Are you a breeder or veterinarian looking to improve your skills and knowledge of animal breeding and genetics? Are animal health and welfare your primary breeding criteria? If so, my courses are designed specifically for you.



By studying my courses, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of animal breeding and genetics, enabling you to make informed decisions that will positively impact your breeding programmes and veterinary practice.
I offer flexible online learning options that allow you to complete the coursework at your own pace, from any location.
Completing my courses will not only enhance your skills and knowledge, but it will also demonstrate to potential puppy buyers and clients that you are committed to providing the highest quality of care for the animals you work with.
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Some of the dog examples used in this course:
How are short limbs inherited? Are they linked with spinal problems? What is a retrogene? Which genes affect the length of a dog’s snout? What do we know about the inheritance of heart disease?
Genetics For Breeders and Veterinarians
In this course you will learn the basics of genetics. After this course you will understand how parental traits are passed on to offspring and how well this inheritance can be predicted. You’ll learn about the fascinating structure and function of DNA and explore many practical examples in dogs, cats and horses.
You don’t need to know anything about genetics to take this course. A desire to learn is the only requirement!
The course consists of five parts which will be released separately:
- Part 1. Genes and how they work
Introduction to genetic terms. What are genes and where are they needed? This part is already available (see below). - Part 2. How genes are passed from parents to offspring
Germ cell formation, crossing-over and linkage, fertilisation, mitochondrial DNA, genetic relationship. - Part 3. Different modes of inheritance
How can you know if a trait is heritable? Single-gene or polygenic? Threshold traits. Major genes (quantitative trait loci). Determining the mode of inheritance. Genetic correlation between traits. - Part 4. Qualitative (monogenic) inheritance
Punnett square. Intra-locus gene interaction. Inter-locus gene interaction: epistasis. Autosomal and sex chromosomal inheritance. Sex-linked traits. - Part 5. Quantitative (polygenic) inheritance
Continuous variation and normal distribution. Categorical traits. Genetic variation and the influence of environment on traits. Concept of heritability.
Part 1. Genes and How They Work
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