Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Bioloxía

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
SUBJECT 1: GENETIC VARIATION IN MARINE ORGANISMS	Molecular techniques for the scrutiny of the populational genetic variation. Databases. Identification of species (Barcoding), individuals and sexes.
SUBJECT 2: DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENETIC VARIABILITY INSIDE SPECIES	Estimators of the genetic diversity. Populational subdivision and migration. Phylogeography.
SUBJECT 3: GENETIC VARIATION IN NATURAL POPULATIONS: EFFECTS OF THE POPULATIONAL SIZE	Genetic drift in natural populations. Effective population size. Demographic effects. Inbreeding due to genetic drift. Strategies to handle populations in captivity.
SUBJECT 4: NATURAL SELECTION, ADAPTATION And GENETIC DIVERSITY	Natural selection and adaptation. Neutral theory of the molecular evolution. The molecular footprint of the natural selection. Inference of selection from intra- and interspecific molecular variation.
SUBJECT 5: ADAPTATIVE And NEUTRAL VARIATION IN THE GENIC EXPRESSION	Techniques to quantify gene expression. Proteomics. Variation of gene expression within and between populations. Neutral and adaptative variation in gene expression. Phenotypic plasticity.
SUBJECT 6: VARIATION IN QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS	The continuous variation. Components of variance. Heridability. Estimation of the heridability. The action of the natural selection on the quantitative traits. Methods for the cartography of QTLs