Universität Wien

300216 VO Introduction to Population Genetics (2024W)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

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Details

Sprache: Englisch

Prüfungstermine

Lehrende

Termine

Every Thursday during term, 10:00 - 12:30 at the Veterinary Medical University Vienna, Lecture Hall M. Start Oct. 3rd.

Preliminary schedule (JH = Joachim Hermisson, CS = Christian Schlötterer):
Oct 3rd: Maths of Popgen 1: Intro & basics (alleles, fitness, haploid selection), JH
Oct 10th: Introduction, directional & balancing selection, CS
Oct 17th: Maths of Popgen 2: Hardy-Weinberg, mutation & selection in diploids, JH
Oct 24th: Genetic drift and biological consequences, CS
Oct 31st: Maths of Popgen 3: Drift, Wrigth-Fisher model, neutral theory, JH
Nov 7th: Genetic drift, coalescent, CS
Nov 14th: Maths of Popgen 4: Standard coalescent, summary statistics, JH
Nov 21st: Population structure, migration, mutation, recombination, CS
Nov 28th: Maths of Popgen 5: Effective population size, coalescent extensions, JH
Dec 5th: Molecular popgen: sequence evolution, CS
Dec 12th: Maths of Popgen 6: Neutrality tests, JH
Jan 9th: Neutrality tests, CS


Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

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.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Oral exam.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Minimal requirement: good understanding of key concepts taught in the lecture.

Prüfungsstoff

Contents of the lecture.

Literatur

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


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Letzte Änderung: Mo 16.12.2024 13:06