2BI131 Genetics

    • Course code
      2BI131
    • Number of credits
      10
    • Teaching semester
      2024 Spring
    • Language of instruction
      English
    • Campus
      Hamar
    • Required prerequisite knowledge

      None

Course content

Introduction to classical, population, quantitative and evolutionary genetics, including: meiosis; Mendel’s laws; probability; pedigree analysis; crosses (test-, back-, monohybrid-, dihybrid- etc.); recombination frequency and linkage analysis; gene mapping; chromosomal aberrations; transposable elements; allele frequency; Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; natural selection; genetic drift; quantitative trait loci; heritability; marker-assisted breeding; variation and divergence; founder effect; molecular clocks.

Learning Outcome

A candidate having completed the course have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The Candidate can

  • the central concepts, principles in classical, chromosomal, bacterial/viral, population, quantitative and evolutionary genetics
Skills

The Candidate can

  • master analytical methods used in classical, chromosomal, bacterial/viral, population, quantitative and evolutionary genetics
Teaching and working methods

Organisation and Methods of Instruction:

  • lectures
  • discussion groups
Assessments
Form of assessmentGrading scaleGroupingDuration of assessmentSupport materialsProportionComment
Written assignment
ECTS - A-F
Individual
30%
Written examination with invigilation
ECTS - A-F
Individual
4 Hour(s)
70%
Form of assessment
  • one individual written assignment that counts 30 %
  • individual written examination, 4-hour, counts 70 %

Reading list

Course name in Norwegian Bokmål: 
Genetics
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology
Department
Department of Biotechnology
Area of study
Matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fag/informatikk
Programme of study
One-year Add-on Programme in Biotechnology
Course level
Intermediate course, level II (200-LN)