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TBI6034Population Genetics2+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of MEDICAL BIOLOGY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Tuba DİNÇER
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The course aims to provide the students with a inherited disorders and the population genetics.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : identify "what is the population141
PO - 2 : identify gene pool and Hardy-Weinberg equality81,2
PO - 3 : identify population genetic factors251,6
PO - 4 : identify genetic diseases of populations271,6
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Population and Hardy-Weinberg equalityGene poolMutationPolimorphismHuman genome projectAllel and haplotype analysisGenetic drift/Founder effectsBottle-neck hipothesisGene flowNatural selectionGeoraphy and the populationMultifactorial disordersFilogenetik analysis
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1What is the population ?
 Week 2Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
 Week 3Gene pool, Mutation and Polymorphism
 Week 4Human genom projects
 Week 5İntrinsic and exintrisic factorf of Population genetics
 Week 6Alleles and haplotype frequencies
 Week 7Genetic drift, founder effect and Bottle-neck hypothesis
 Week 8Mid-term exam
 Week 9Gene flow
 Week 10Population and marriage
 Week 11Naturel selection
 Week 12Population and geography
 Week 13Multifactorial disorders
 Week 14The distribution of genetic disorders
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
 
Recommended Reading
1Pasternak JJ. 1998; An Introduction to Human Molecular Genetics. Fitzgerald Science Press, Bethesda, Maryland
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 1 8 1,5 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 1 14 1 20
End-of-term exam 1 16 1,5 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 2 14 28
Sınıf dışı çalışma 1 14 14
Arasınav için hazırlık 4.5 7 31.5
Arasınav 2 1 2
Ödev 15 1 15
Proje 16.5 1 16.5
Kısa sınav 1 7 7
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 5 7 35
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load151