Topics: Animal Breeding, Livestock Improvement, breeding systems, Performance testing and progeny testing, molecular markers, Variable number tandem repeat, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Identifying molecular markers, Gel electrophoresis, DNA tests, segregation analysis, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, genetic screening, genetic mapping population

Topics: animal breeding, Mendelian inheritance, genes, inherited traits, polygenic traits, heritability, repeatability, genetic prediction, large-scale genetic evaluation, multiple-trait selection, mating systems, mating strategies, inbreeding, outbreeding, hybrid vigor, crossbreeding systems