Students undertaking this course will be introduced to concepts and applications of genetics in agriculture. Areas to be covered include: Definition of genetics and role of genetics to humanity; Monohybrid inheritance; Dihybrid inheritance; Extension of Mendelian analysis; Genome organisation; Genome variation; Gene mutations and their implications in breeding; Cell division and development; Genetic linkage analysis and genetic maps; Gene structure and expression; Concepts of population genetics; Concepts of quantitative genetics.
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