Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
INTRODUCTION	Presentation of the subject. Evaluation of the level of genetic knowledge of the students. Analysis of the program. Taking of decisions on the process of learning and the system of evaluation of the course. Review of basic genetic concepts.
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. Genetic improvement in aquaculture.
CHAPTER II. Population genotyping.	Strategies of genotyping for populations. Types of molecular polymorphisms. Register and tabulation of the polymorphism.
CHAPTER III. Populational genetic structure.	The ideal population and the populational equilibrium. Systematic factors of change: mutation, migration, selection. Factors of random change or dispersive: 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, migration by electroforesis 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.	Populational genotyping, tabulation of data. Bioinformatic computation of genetic structures and connectivity between fish stocks with Bayesian methods. Scientific and industrial applications of the genetic structure.