Evolutionary Genetics Selection and Lactose Persistence
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Course
MCB3023S (MCB3023S)
Institution
University Of Cape Town (UCT)
The notes provide details on the following:
General Introduction
What is lactase persistence / where is it seen?
Lactose persistence and selection in African populations
Molecular methods used to find SNPs in African populations
How to detect selection & calculate when selection occurred
• Try to do this ASAP, esp the Tishkoff
paper
• This will allow to engage better with the
next few lectures
, Welcome to the Evolutionary Genetics Module
WHAT IS EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS?
“Evolutionary genetics is the broad field of studies that examines
evolution in terms of changes in gene & genotype frequencies within
populations, and the processes that convert the variation within
populations into permanent variation observed between species”.
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, Broad themes covered in this module
1. Introduction:
Self-Revision - notes separately loaded to VULA
2. Selection in human populations
Lactose persistence & pigmentation
4. Behavioural genetics
Animal models & human examples
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, WHAT IS LACTASE PERSISTENCE / WHERE IS
IT SEEN?
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