Education of Animal Breeding and Genomics
The Animal Breeding and Genomics group contributes to the curriculum of the BSc and MSc programs of Animal Sciences at Wageningen University & Research by offering a variety of courses on topics including wildlife conservation genetics, selective breeding and breeding programs (for livestock species and companion animals), and genomics.
Theses and interships
We have a wide range of thesis topics for BSc and MSc students. We also offer help with finding internships and research practices and provide supervision of these projects.
Read more about our theses and internships
Courses with ABG course code
| Course code | Course title | Course description |
|---|---|---|
| ABG20306 | Animal Breeding and Genetics | Introduces the main principles underlying genetic improvement in livestock and companion animals |
| ABG31306 | Genetic improvement of livestock | Provides advanced knowledge on genetic improvement schemes in livestock and companion animals |
| ABG30306 | Genomics | Discusses the structure and function of genomes of organisms from all kingdoms |
| ABG51806 | Wildlife Conservation Genetics | Discusses forces shaping genetic variation and ways to measure and manage genetic variation in (captive/natural) wildlife populations |
| ABG52806 | Breeding Lab | This course consists of a combination of a ‘group internship’ at a given company and a set of skills training and exercises |
| ABG50806 | Ecology of Animal Life Histories | Focuses on (advanced) concepts and ideas of life history theory and applying these concepts in the design of experiments |
Other courses with large contribution of ABG
| Course code | Course title | Course description |
|---|---|---|
| GEN30806 | Population and Quantitative Genetics | Explains genetic and molecular evolution and their relationship to phenotypic evolution in populations |
| GEN11806 | Fundamentals of Genetics and Molecular Biology | Introduces the basic genetic and molecular biological processes in eukaryotes and basic genetic methods |
| YAS10806 | Biology of Domestic Animals | Provides a basic knowledge of biological basis of animal production and biological processes in farm animals and companion animals |
| YMC61303 | Scientific Skills Training | Focuses on (further) developing scientific skills, such as critically assessing scientific papers or creating a poster |
| BIF50806 | Practical Computing for Biologists | Provides a practical basis of advanced computer use for the analysis of biological data |
| MAE50806 | Advanced Molecular Ecology | Discusses how to measure biodiversity, genomic diversity and adaptation of organisms using sequencing of DNA samples (a.o. eDNA) |
Other courses with contribution of ABG
| Course code | Course title | Course description |
|---|---|---|
| YAS10306 | Introduction to Animal Sciences | Provides an introduction to the field of animal sciences, in which animals are kept for e.g. food production, company, care or sport |
| BHE50306 | Life History Evolution | Covers basic life history theory by highlighting major decisions animals have to make with respect to reproduction and adaptation |
| AFI31306 | Life History of Aquatic Organisms | Discusses the biology and ecology of aquatic organisms, with an emphasis on life history theory |
| FQD21806 | Milk in the Dairy Chain | Provides insight in the factors that influence milk composition throughout the dairy chain |
| YAS33406 | Role of Livestock in Future Food Systems | Discusses the current state of livestock production and strategies to improve the role of livestock in a sustainable future food system |
| YAS21806 | Quality of Animal Products | Focuses on quality aspects related to animal products for human consumption |
| BIF31806 | Data Driven Discovery in the Life Sciences: Hypothesis Generation from Omics Data | Focuses on linking domain knowledge to data using data science techniques and skills for omics data |