ANSM 412: Assignment 3
Due date: 25 May 2021
[Total Mark 88]
Instructions
1) Write your answers in clear and coherent sentences.
2) Upload your answer file named with your SURNAME_STUDENT
NUMBER_ASS3 (e.g. MULUGETA_20561768_ASS3) to the “Dropbox” folder.
Please, follow the file naming example I provided as template to name your
assignment script before you upload to the “Dropbox” under your name in E-fundi.
NB: To complete question 1 of this assignment you have to read through and watch related
lecture videos on unit 5 and Excel usage.
Question 1 [68]
The following data is recorded on 8 animals with pedigree structure in arrow diagram and
phenotypic performance inside bracket and sex of an individual are shown next to each
animal.
1 2
3 4
5(9) 6(10) 7(12)
8(11)
Where = male, =female, values inside the bracket are performance
measurement for a trait. There is no bracket means there is no performance
measurement for the individual animal. h2 =0.4, and λ=1.5.
Please, note that h2= heritability (h2)
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Due date: 25 May 2021
[Total Mark 88]
Instructions
1) Write your answers in clear and coherent sentences.
2) Upload your answer file named with your SURNAME_STUDENT
NUMBER_ASS3 (e.g. MULUGETA_20561768_ASS3) to the “Dropbox” folder.
Please, follow the file naming example I provided as template to name your
assignment script before you upload to the “Dropbox” under your name in E-fundi.
NB: To complete question 1 of this assignment you have to read through and watch related
lecture videos on unit 5 and Excel usage.
Question 1 [68]
The following data is recorded on 8 animals with pedigree structure in arrow diagram and
phenotypic performance inside bracket and sex of an individual are shown next to each
animal.
1 2
3 4
5(9) 6(10) 7(12)
8(11)
Where = male, =female, values inside the bracket are performance
measurement for a trait. There is no bracket means there is no performance
measurement for the individual animal. h2 =0.4, and λ=1.5.
Please, note that h2= heritability (h2)
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