11599 (v.2) Genetics 232

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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):	302418 (v.2) Genetics, Evolution and Society 203 or any previous version 301429 (v.3) BIO24 Genetics, Evolution and Society or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	10723 (v.3) Genetics 231 or any previous version
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.