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Course code: BHS10269f15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Population Genetics of Breeding Animals
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. 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
Learning 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, 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. 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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