ANSC 326 — Fundamentals of Population Genetics

Population genetics mechanisms in mammals, birds and plant. Factors influencing gene, genotype, and phenotypic frequencies. Effects of different types of selection, Hardy-Weinberg, linkage and recombination, polymorphisms and heterozygosity, population size, random drift and inbreeding on gene and genotype frequencies. Relationship between quantitative genetic parameters and gene frequencies.

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• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Agric Environ Sci
• Department: Animal Science
• Prerequisites: AEMA 310 and LSCI 204, or equivalents, or permission of the instructor.

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• Section 001 (Lec), TBA — 24 seats open