Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ADAPTATION AND FITNESS IN DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 802400715590 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Seyrani KONCAGÜL
Assistants
Goals To teach how the biological mechanism works in terms of adaptation and fitness, and their genetic and phenotypic contributions to subsequent generations.
Course Content Defining fitness in natural and domesticated populations. Concept of adaptation and fitness. Selection coefficient. Adaptedness. Fitness in animal breeding. Genetic architecture of reproductive fitness. Maintaining genetic variance in fitness. Constrains to selection and adaptation. Maintaining fitness in selection programs. Fitness in different systems of animal breeding. Maintaining fitness and adaptation for future generations.
Learning Outcomes 1) Adaptation of Domesticated Animals
2) Adaptation Genetics
3) Phenotypic and Genetic Adaptation

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Adaptation and fitness in natural populations Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
2. Week Adaptation and fitness in domesticated populations Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
3. Week Genetic Mechanisms of fitness Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
4. Week Fitness in animal breeding Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
5. Week Conservation of genetic variance in fitness Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
6. Week Challenges in adaptaion and selection Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
7. Week Midterm Exam Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
8. Week Challanges in adaptation and selection Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
9. Week Protection of fitness in selection Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
10. Week Fitness in different production systems Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
11. Week Genetic variation in adaptation Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
12. Week Auditing of adaptation and fitness Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
13. Week Protection of genetic adaptation and fitness for the future generation Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework
14. Week Protection of genetic adaptation and fitness for the future generation Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Arnold, S J, Pfrender, M E & Jones, A G (2001). The adaptive landscape as a conceptual bridge between micro- and macroevolution. Genetica. 112-113:9-32.
Barton, N H & Keightley, P D (2002). Understanding quantitative genetic variation. Nat. Rev. Genet. 3:11-21.
Brothcrstone, S & Goddard, M (2005). Artifical selection and the maintanence of genetics variance in the global dairy cow population. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 360:1479-1488.
Bulmer, M G (1980). The Mathematical Theory of Quantitative Genetics. Claredon Press. Oxford, UK.
Carter, A J R, Hermisson, J & Hansen, T F (2005). The role of epistatic gene interactions in the response to selection and the evolution of evolvability. Theor. Pop. Biol. 68:179-196.
Crnokrak, P & Roff, D A (1995). Dominance variance: associations with selection and fitness. Heredity. 75:530-540.
Darwin, C R (1868). The variation of animals and plants undur domestication. John Murray, London, UK. 1st ed. 1st issue. Vol 1.
DeRose, M A & Roff D A (1999). A comparison of inbreeding depression in life-history and morphological traits in animals. Evolution. 53:1288-1292.
Hayes, B & Goddard, M E (2001). The distribution of the effects of genes affecting quantitative traits in livestock. Genet. Sel. Evol. 33:209-229.
Lush, J Y (1994). The Genetics of Populations. Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station. ISU. Ames. Iowa. USA.
Oldenbroek, K (2007). Utilisation and Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources. Wageningen Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.
Pirchner, F (1969). Population Genetics in Animal Breeding. W.H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, USA.
Van der Verf J, Graser H U, Frankham R, & Gondro C. (2009). Adaptation and fitness in animal populations: Evalutionary and breeding perspectives on genetic resource management. Springer. Australia.
Zhang, X S & Hill, W G (2005). Genetic variability under mutation selection balance. Trends. Ecol. Evol. 20:468-470.
Zhang, X S & Hill, W G (2005). Prediction of the patterns of response to artificial selection in lines derived from natural populations. Genetics. 169:411-425.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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PY35000
PY45000
PY55000

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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
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Homework 14 6
Seminar 1 2
Quiz 4 1
Time to prepare for Quiz 4 5
Midterm Exam 2 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 6
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
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