Bi5180c Quantitative genetics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ing. Karel Chroust, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Ing. Karel Chroust, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Ing. Karel Chroust, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( Bi5180 Quantitative genetics )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Genetic constitution of a population, small population. Continuous variability. Values and means, Variance. Breeding value. Resemblance between relatives. Heritability. Inbreeding. Selection. Threshold, Correlated, and Metric characters under population. Segregating analysis. Quantitative genetics in man, animals and plants. Molecular methods in quantitative genetics.
Syllabus
  • History of Quantitative Traits. Continuous variation, values and means, population means, average effect, metric characters, Pascal triangle. Components of variance, genetic and environmental variance, repeatability. Resemblance between relatives, genetic covariance. Inbreeding, pedigreed population. Estimation of heritability, human data, twins, assortative mating, precision of estimates and design of experiments. Selection between population, within population, measurement of response, index selection. Segregation analysis. Human quantitative traits. Quantitative traits in animals and plants.
Literature
  • Falconer, D. S. - Mackay, Trudy F. C. Introduction to quantitative genetics [Falconer, 1997]. 4th ed. Essex : Longman, 1997. xv, 464 s. r99. ISBN 0-582-24302-5.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005.
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