Course description

Textbook and other supporting materials

The theoretical module will follow:

• Introduction to Quantitative Genetics (4th Edition) by Falconer & Mackay

• Breeding for Quantitative Traits in Plants (3th Edition) by Bernardo.

• Introduction to Genetic Analysis (10th Edition) by Griffiths, Wessler, Carrol & Doebley.

Lectures notes, videos and R code will be made available through the workshop’s website.

Workshop objectives

In the theoretical section attendees will learn basic quantitative genetics concepts and basic statistical methods for genetic data analysis with a focus on genomic selection.

Workshop Format

Nine lectures (20- 30 minutes each) will be prerecorded and videos will be available through the website. Three live discussion sessions each one hour will be held each one covering three of the pre-recorded lectures. To increase the interaction during the discussion sessions the attendees are encouraged to submit at least one question about the videos and/or papers to facilitate discussions.

To facilitate the interaction between participants, the course will use a slack channel to ask questions, discuss papers and say hello to other people interested in quantitative genetics and genomic selection. Please join to the following slack channel:



Slack channel