Universität Wien

300216 VO Introduction to Population Genetics (2019W)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

(Almost) every Thursday during term, 10:00 - 12:30.

Place:
Either Mathematics Department, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, SR 9th floor (= Math)
Or: Library, Institut für Populationsgenetik, Building HA (4th floor), University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, Vienna (=VetMed)

Start / first lecture: Oct 3rd, VetMed
Further dates:
Oct 10: no lecture
Oct 17: Maths
Oct 24: Maths
Oct 31: VetMed
Nov 7: VetMed
Nov 14: Math
Nov 21: VetMed
Nov 28: VetMed
Dec 5: VetMed
Dec 12: VetMed
Jan 9: VetMed
Jan 16: Math
Jan 23: no lecture
Jan 30: Exam (place to be determined)


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

Combined exam for the whole module (lecture plus exercises)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

minimal requirement: good understanding of key concepts taught in the lecture and the exercises

Examination topics

content of lecture and exercises

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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