Module I:  Genetic Analysis and Plant Breeding

Date

Training Activity

lecturer

Sunday Oct.26, 2014                                           Arrival of Participants

ICARDA-Office

Monday

Oct.27, 2014

09.30-10.00

Registration

Radhia B.Amor

10.00-10.30

Welcome and introduction to the course

M.El Mourid

T. Souissi

10.30-11.00

Coffee Brak

11.00-12.30

Overview: Biotechnology research and data management

Perry Gustafson

12.30-13.30

Lunch break

Introduction of Quantitative Genetics and linkage analysis

Genetic population and population structure, additive and dominance genetic model, mating designs and estimation of genetic variance and heritability, prediction of genetic gain, correlated selection and index

selection.

13.30-14.30

L 1.1: Introduction of Population Genetics

L 1.2: Introduction of Quantitative Genetics

Jiankang Wang

14.30-15.30

P 1.1: Find the structure of genetic populations

P 1.2: Find the number of effective factors under multi-factor hypothesis

Jiankang Wang

Salah Rezgui

15.30-16.00

Break

16.00-17.00

L 1.3: Linkage Analysis between Two Loci (Two-point Analysis)

P 1.3: Install the QTL IciMapping software, and Get familiar with the QTL IciMapping software

Jiankang Wang Salah Rezgui Sawsen Ayadi

17.00-18.00

P 1.4: Estimation of recombination frequency estimation between two loci

(Tool 2pointREC in QTL IciMapping)

P 1.5: ANOVA and estimation of heritability (Tool ANOVA in QTL IciMapping)

Jiankang Wang

Salah Rezgui

Sawseen Ayadi

Genetic Linkage Analysis and Map Construction

Estimation of recombination frequency between two loci in biparental genetic populations, genetic interference and mapping function, linkage map construction, handling redundant markers, integration of multiple linkage maps to

generate a consensus map.

Tuesday

Oct.28,2014

09.00-10.30

L 2.1: Linkage Analysis of Three Loci and Map Construction

L 2.2: Estimation of Recombination Frequency in Different Genetic

Populations

Jiankang Wang

10.30-11.00

Break

11.00-12.30

P 2.1: Display of completed linkage maps (T