Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
POPULATION GENETICS 802400715210 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery lecture and slight
Course Coordinator
Instructors Mehmet Ali YILDIZ
Assistants
Goals Goals of the Course is: to give the Population Genetic basis of Plant and Animal Breeding
Course Content Introduction and terminology, the genetic structure of populations in terms of single, two and multi-locus: the balance (equilibrium) rates, estimation of gene frequency, the equilibrium properties, mating types, the calculation (estimation) of the allele frequencies in the sex-linked gene, two pairs of genes in the balanced and panmictic populations, the effect of linkage, linkage disequilibrium, factors that alter the gene frequencies in populations: selection, mutation, migration, small populations, the identity of the genes, kinship, inbreeding, the distribution of gene frequencies
Learning Outcomes 1) Gains information on Population Genetic basis of Plant and Animal Breeding,
2) Gains information on Polymorphism,
3) Compares populations with respect to especially the polymorphism,

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Intoduction: Scope ve Concepts Lecture
Opinion Pool
 Homework
2. Week Deterministic approach: assumptions Lecture
Opinion Pool
 Homework
3. Week Sibgle Locus with Two Alleles; Hardy Weinberg Eqğilibrium Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
4. Week Single Locus with Multiple Alleles; Equilibrium for Sex Lİnked Genes Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
5. Week Two Loci wit Two Alleles each; Linkage Disequilibrium; Multiple Loci Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
6. Week Evolutionary Factors Changing Population genetic Structure: Introduction, Mutation Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
7. Week Migration Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
8. Week Selection Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
9. Week Chance Effect: The Variance of the Gene frequency Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
10. Week Chance Effect: Inbreeding Coefficient Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
11. Week Population Effective Size Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
12. Week Deviations from Random Mating Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Opinion Pool
 Homework
13. Week Molecular Population Genetics: The fate of a Gene Fixation or Loss Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
 Homework
14. Week Molecular Population Genetics: İnfinite Sites Model Lecture; Discussion
Opinion Pool
 Homework
15. Week Final Examination Question Answer; Problem Solving
Opinion Pool
 Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Crow J.F. and M. Kimura,1970, An Introduction to Population Genetics, Harper&Row
Hartl D.L. and A.G. Clark, 2007, Principles of Population Genetics, Sinauer Associates
Jacquard A., 1974, The Genetic Structure of Populations, Springer Verlag
Li, C.C., 1976, A First Course in Population Genetics, The Boxwood Press, Psific Grove, California

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY45000
PY55000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Homework 5 18
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 6
Quiz 14 1
Time to prepare for Quiz 14 5
Final Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 15
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload