Educational guide 2024_25 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
INTRODUCTION	Presentation of the subject. Level test of genetic knowledge of the students. Analysis of the program. Taking of decisions on the process of learning and the system of evaluation. Professional postgraduation opportunities.
CHAPTER I. Genetic variability.	Origin and maintenance of the genetic variability. Mendelian analysis and relations between alleles. Genic interaction. Genetic analysis of the continuous variation and biometric methods of Quantitative Genetics.
CHAPTER II. Population genotyping.	Strategies of population genotyping. Types of molecular polymorphisms and markers. Score and tabulation of polymorphisms.
CHAPTER III. Populational genetic structure.	The ideal population and the populational equilibrium. Systematic factors of change: mutation, migration, selection. Factors of random change: drift and endogamy. Computational basis of populational structures.
CHAPTER IV. Management of marine genetic resources.	Structural genetics in fishery management. Genetic evaluation. Genetics and genomics in the management of fisheries. Genetic management in aquaculture. Genetic management of biological invasions.
PRACTICE 1. Identification of marine species with genetic markers diagnostic.	Amplificacion Of DNA, electrophoretic migration of PCR products, interpretation of genetic patterns. Bioinformatic analysis of interspecific allocation and phylogenetic inference. Scientific and industrial applications of the genetic assignment.
PRACTICE 2. Calculation of populational genetic structures of marine species.	Population genotyping and data tabulation. Bioinformatic computation of genetic structures and connectivity between fish stocks with Bayesian methods. Scientific and industrial applications of the genetic structure.