Area: | School of Biomedical Science |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Practical: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Equivalent(s): | 301429 (v.3) BIO24 Genetics, Evolution and Society or any previous version
302418 (v.2) Genetics, Evolution and Society 203 or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): | 10723 (v.3) Genetics 231 or any previous version
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| Genes in populations and evolution. Population genetics in Mendelian populations. Hardy Weinberg Rule - sex linkage and Wright's F statistics - random genetic drift. Linkage disequilibrium. Genetic processes in evolution. Selection fitness. Mutation, neutral theory. Introductory molecular aspects of evolution. Applications emphasising immunogenetics, hypervariable genetic markers, multigene families and DNA profiling. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area. |
