Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Biology
Code	UE-SBL.00049
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Lecture
Level	Bachelor
Semester	SA-2021

Title

French	Génétique des populations
German	Populationsgenetik
English	Population genetics

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Thursday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire (Autumn semester)
Contact's hours	28

Teaching

Responsibles	Flatt Thomas
Teachers	Flatt Thomas
Description	This course gives a through introduction to population genetics. Population genetics describes how the frequency of genetic variation changes through space and time. For this mathematical and statistical models are developed that describe the effects of mutation, genetic drift, migration and selection. The models then allow us to detect and quantify evolutionary processes in natural populations.
Training objectives	Students will understand the basic principles of population genetics including the effects of mutation, genetic drift and selection. They will be able to put these processes into mathematical models and apply these to genetic data. They will further be able to formulate expectations from such models for how the genetic diversity of a population is going to change under different evolutionary conditions. Finally, they will understand what the genetic data observed today tells us about the evolutionary past of a species and how population genetic models can be used to quantify this evolutionary past.
Comments	1. Primary reference: Title: "An introduction to Population Genetics" Authors: Nielsen & Slatkin Editors: Sinauer, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-60535-153-7   2. In order to avoid the time conflict with the compulsory course SGG.00271 (Méthodes qualitatives II  en branche complémentaire GEOG-60), it is advisable to take SBL.00049 in semester 3 and SGG.00271 in semester 5.
Softskills	No
Off field	Yes
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No
Auditor	Yes

Oral exam

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Épreuve orale (20 min.). Une note.

Written exam - SA-2021, Session d'hiver 2022

Date	07.02.2022 15:30 - 17:00
Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Épreuve écrite (90 min.). Une note.

Written exam - SP-2022, Autumn Session 2022

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Épreuve écrite (90 min.). Une note.