Duration
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Introduction : genetics and the organism. - 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; applied problems. - The development of the Mendelian analysis : relation between genes, linkage, sex-linked inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance; applied problems - Introduction to population genetics with applied problems. - Introduction to quantitative genetics with applied problems.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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 -resolve basic problems of formal genetics, quantitative and population genetics
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
please see Study Programmes 2017-2018
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, illustrative exercises and examples
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination (100%).
Contributions to the exam approximately in proportion to hours given by each teacher.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Hervé Vanderschuren
Plant Genetics
+32/81/62 25 71
herve.vanderschuren@ulg.ac.be
Nicolas Gengler (coordinator)
Numérical Genetics, Genomics and Modeling
+32/81/62 2206
nicolas.gengler@ulg.ac.be
Ludivine Lassois
Gestion des Ress. for. et des Millieux nat.
+32/81/62 2321
ludivine.lassois@ulg.ac.be
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