Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FBT711PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION GENETICSCompulsory116
Level of Course Unit
Third Cycle
Objectives of the Course
In this course, along with the basic principles of population genetics, it is aimed to teach the teoric knowledge to monitor the development and progression of important characters in populations. In this context, the current status of populations, the reason of similarity (covariance) and the differences (variance) and transfer of genes from one organism to another, the change and maintainance in gene frequencies will be learned. By following this course, current literature in these issues will be discussed.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Yılmaz ÇİFTCİ
Learning Outcomes
1Popülasyon genetiği terimlerini tanımlar
2Hardy – Weinberg kanununu uygulayabilir
3Popülasyonlarda önemli olan karakterlerin gelişimlerinin ve değişimlerini izler ve tartışır
4Genetik varyasyonun mekanizmaları anlar ve nasıl hesaplanacağını bilir
5Defines the terms of population genetics
6apply Hardy Weinberg equlibrium
7discuss the development and progression of important characters in populations
8understand the mechanisms of genetic variation and know how to calculate
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Population genetic structure, Hardy - Weinberg equilibrium, gene and genotype frequencies, Gene frequencies variation: gene migration, mutation, selection, genetic drift. Ideal populations, sampling, Effective Population Size, Population values and means, variance and sources of variance, phenotypic, genetic x environment interactions, and genetic diversity.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Genetic and Statistical Background
2Phenotypic Diversity and Genetic Variation
3Experimental Methods for Detecting Genetic Variation
4Polymorphism and Heterozygosity
5The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
6Hierarchical population Structure
7The Wahlund Principle
8Mid-term exam
9Sources of Variation: Mutation
10Sources of Variation: Linkage and Recombination
11Sources of Variation: Migration and natural selection
12Random Genetic Drift
13Effective Population Size
14Infinite Alleles Model
15The coalescent
16End-of-term exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Çiftci, Y. Lecture notes (Unpublished) 2. Hartl, D. and Clark. A. 2007. Principles of Population Genetics (4th ed.). Sinauer, 652p 3. Pfaffelhuber, P. Pennings, P. and Hermisson J. 2009. Population Genetics. University of Vienna, Mathematics Department, Nordbergsrtaße 15, 1090 Vienna, Austria. 155p
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination133
Final Examination133
Attending Lectures14342
Criticising Paper236
Self Study14456
Individual Study for Homework Problems22040
Individual Study for Mid term Examination2510
Individual Study for Final Examination4520
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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