Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Describe different patterns of inheritance and interconnect the characteristics of plants and animals to their genetic basis;
2. Evaluate and predict the change in gene frequency from generation to generation in inter-breeding populations of plants and animals and to discuss and debate the use of evolution;
3. Determine the degree of inheritance of characters of plants and animals and initiate basic selection and breeding programmes.
Principles of genetics, genetic basis of variation continuous and discontinuous variation; Mendelian Inheritance Patterns of inheritance in qualitative and quantitative characters of plants and animals; Physical basis of inheritance and principles of cytogenetics and molecular genetics; Principles of gene mapping; Population genetics and behaviour of genes in populations and the process of evolution; Foundations of quantitative inheritance, basic breeding and selection systems.
Jones, R. N., Karp, A., Introducing Genetics, John Murray, London, UK, 1986.
Falconer, D. S., Mackay, T. Introduction to quantitative genetics, Longman, London, UK, 1981.
Continuous assessment 40%
Written examination 60%
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