Courses Handbook 2010

305354 (v.3) Genetics and Stock Improvement 501


Area: Department of Agribusiness and Wine Science
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Basic principles of genetics. Inheritance patterns. Genetic bases of fish selection. Chromosome study of fish species. Cytotaxonomy. Genetic polymorphism. Biochemical genetics of fish. Natural and artificial gynogenesis of fish. Hybridisation, selective breeding and heterosis. Polyploidy, sex reversal and other genetic improvement approaches.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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