ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code:
BHS10269f14Semester:
2014/2015 winterName:
Population Genetics of Breeding AnimalsMajor:
Animal ScienceStudy Type:
first cycleCourse type:
optionalStudy Semester:
7ECTS points:
2Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other):
15 / 15 / 0Lecturer:
dr inż. Magdalena Zatoń-DobrowolskaLanguage of instruction:
Polish / EnglishThe course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 studentsLearning outcomes:
Knowledge; student has knowledge of the factors and mechanisms affecting the genetic structure of breeding animals populations; student describes indicators of populations at a genetic level; student determines the kinds of changes occurring in the population, their causes and consequences; student understands the mechanisms affecting the genetic structure of populations, student knows how can influenced it by various factors.
Skills: student : analyze and interpret the factors and mechanisms that determine the genetic structure of breeding animals populations; estimate and analyzepopulation structure in terms of one gene and many genes;knows how to specify the types and directions of change in the population; can interpret their causes and analyze the consequences that they bring to the population and husbandry.Competences:
Personal and social competences [attitudes and behaviours]: student: is aware of the responsibility for shaping the population and its evolutions; understand the need to predict consequences of actions taken in breeding.Prerequisites:
biology, geneticsCourse content:
The course includes following questions: genetic equilibrium of a population; frequencies of alleles and genotypes for one gene and many genes; factors affecting frequencies of genes and genotypes in a population; theory of small populations; value and variability of quantitative trait; source of the phenotypic variances; genetic parameters characterizing a population; estimation of the genetic value; genetic trend in a population and genetic distances between populations.Recommended literature:
1. FALCONER D.S., MACKAY F.C. 1997: Introduction to quantitative genetics. Longman, Harlow 1997;
2. ŻUK B.: Metody genetyki populacji w hodowli zwierząt. PWRiL Warszawa 1973;
3. FALCONER D.S.: Dziedziczenie cech ilościowych. PWN Warszawa 1974;
4. HARTL D.L., CLARK A.G.: Podstawy genetyki populacyjnej. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2009;
5. ŻUK B., WIERZBICKI H., ZATOŃ-DOBROWOLSKA M., KULISIEWICZ Z.: Genetyka populacji i metody hodowlane. PWRiL, Warszawa 2011.Assessment methods:
Completion of the classes: development project on the assessment. Attendance at the exercises is obligatory; student can have only one unexcused absence.
Completion of the course: completion of the project to assess
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