General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Population and Ecological Genetics |
| Language | EN |
| Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Iwona Melosik |
| Lecturer's email | sphagnum@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | profesor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Biology |
| Semester | 2021/2022 (winter) |
| Duration | 40 |
| ECTS | 6 |
| USOS code | 01-POPGEN-PIE |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
I. The presentation of population prosperities from ecological and demographical points of view.
II. The presentation of factors that influence the genetic variability in populations.
III. The presentation of methods how genetic diversity within a population and among populations can be measured.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Syllabus
Week 1
Populations - basic terms and concepts
Week 2
Markers and data collection and organization of DNA sequences variation
Week 3
Hardy-Weinberg “law”
Systems of mating and their genetic consequences:
Week 4
Mutations
Week 5
Genetic drift
Week 6
The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution; modifications,
Week 7
Dispersal, gene flow
Week 8
Genetic population structure
Week 9
Selection
Week 10
Neutralist-selectionist controversy; Tests of The Neutral Theory.
Reading list
Hamilton M. 2012. Population Genetics. Wiley-Blackwell
Hedrick PW. 2004. Genetic of populations, 3rd ed., Jones and Bartlett Publisher, Inc.
Additional readings will be provided during the lecture.