ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: BHS10023o17
Semester: 2017/2018 summer
Name: Genetics
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 22 / 23 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Barbara Kosowska
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 Tomasz Strzała

Learning outcomes: fter course completion In area of knowledge: 1. Student knows the basic rights and issues of the basics of genetics, including classical genetics, cytogenetics, genetics of the process of forming gender, population genetics and quantitative traits. In area of skills student: 1. Student is able to explain and analyze the genetic phenomena and issues related to inheritance according to Mendel's inheritance (also in the features of linked and related to the sex), and autosomal-linked traits.

Competences: -

Prerequisites: non

Course content: Genetic determination of the characteristics of the organisms, inheritance and variability in quality and quantity, mutagenic agents, classical genetics, general and molecular animals genetics, introduction to population genetics and animal breeding.

Recommended literature: 1. Nowicki, B., Kosowska B.: Genetics and General Animal Breeding. PWRiL. Warsaw, 1995. 2. Kosowska B., Nowicki B.: Veterinary Genetics. PZWL. Warsaw, 1999.

Assessment methods: Student who has completed the exercise, effective written examination, during which you should answer the questions presented in the form of problems to solve. If the exam you will fail in the first period, the student has the right to take it again in the second period.

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