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Course code: BIS10044o14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Population Genetics
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Magdalena Zatoń-Dobrowolska
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The 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 students. Contact person: dr Magdalena Zatoń-Dobrowolska
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: - has knowledge of the factors and mechanisms affecting the genetic structure of populations; - knows indicators of populations at a genetic level; - knows the kinds of changes occurring in the population, their causes and consequences; - understand the mechanisms affecting the genetic structure of populations and to know how can influenced it by various factors. Skills: - defineand analyze the factors and mechanisms that determine the genetic structure of populations; - be able tocharacterize populations in terms of one gene and many genes; -specify the types and directions of change in the population; - candefine their causes and analyze the consequences that they bring to the population. Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): - demonstratesunderstanding of the phenomena occurring in the population; -is aware of the responsibility for shaping the population and its evolutions; - understand the need to predict consequences of actions taken in nature.
Competences:
Prerequisites: biology, genetics
Course 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.: 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. PWRi L, Warszawa 2011.
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