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300216 VO Introduction to Population Genetics (2018W)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Moodle

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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

11/10/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Library, IPG, University of veterinary medicine;
18/10/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 9th floor, door 9.142, Faculty of Mathematics;
25/10/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 9th floor, door 9.142, Faculty of Mathematics;
08/11/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 9th floor, door 9.142, Faculty of Mathematics;
15/11/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Library, IPG, University of veterinary medicine;
22/11/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 9th floor, door 9.142, Faculty of Mathematics;
29/11/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Library, IPG, University of veterinary medicine;
06/12/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Library, IPG, University of veterinary medicine;
13/12/18, 10:00 - 12:30, Library, IPG, University of veterinary medicine;
10/01/19, 10:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 9th floor, door 9.142, Faculty of Mathematics;
17/01/19, 10:00 - 12:30, Library, IPG, University of veterinary medicine;
24/01/19, 10:00 - 12:30, Seminarraum 9th floor, door 9.142, Faculty of Mathematics;

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content:
Selection, genetic drift, migration, mutation & recombination, genome evolution, sequence evolution, neutral theory, neutrality tests, introduction to quantitative genetics

Goals:
The students have gained a fundamental understanding of the evolutionary process within populations and species. They recognize selection, mutation, recombination, migration, and genetic drift as the forces to drive this process and can describe the evolutionary consequences of these forces in a quantitative model. They are able to capture and to interpret the genotypic and phenotypic patterns created by evolution on the population level.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Suggested reading:
Charlesworth & Charlesworth, Elements of Evolutionary Genetics, Roberts and Company Publishers
Hedrick, Genetics of Populations, Jones and Bartlett
Gillespie, Population Genetics, a concise guide, Johns Hopkins University Press

Association in the course directory

MES 1

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