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| BIOL2016-1 | Principles of genetics, 1st part
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | - Introduction : genetics and the organism.
- Structures, functions and organisation of genes.
- The support of genetic information in eucaryots.
- The chromosome theory of inheritance : mitosis, meiosis.
- The modifications of genetic material : genic, chromosomic and genomic mutations.
- The Mendelian analysis : principles and applications to haploid and euploid organisms.
- The development of the Mendelian analysis : relation between genes, linkage, sex-linked inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance
- Introduction to quantitative genetics.
- Introduction to population genetics. |
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| Course objective : | To study the principles of inheritance and genetic variation in eucaryots, dividing the content along three main components : formal genetics, introduction to quantitative genetics and to population genetics.
After completing the course the student is expected to
-explain the basis of inheritance and genetic variation in eucaryots
-assess the influence of biological factors on the genetics of eucaryots
-analyse the properties of Mendelian, quantitative and population genetics |
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| Prerequisites : | -- BV101 - Botany
-- SI101 - Fundamental statistics
-- EN101 - Zoology |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 24h |
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| Written notes : | written document on the course and pwp |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (100%) |
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| Contacts : | Baudoin, Jean-Pierre (Professeur ordinaire)
Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture
081 62 21 12
32-81/622112 |
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