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Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies at its meeting of 17 June 1980 gives rise to the
following motion:
MOTION
That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in S80-89
the proposed new course BISC 422-3 (Population
Genetics).
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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At the meeting of 1980 06 05., the Faculty of Science approved
the following motion:
"That the proposed new course BISC 422-3, Population
Genetics, described in F-80-0, be approved and forwarded
to SCUS and Senate for consideration and approval."
The document referred to in the motion is attached. In
addition I attach a memorandum from M. Deutsch concerning the
adequacy of the Library's collection, and memoranda relating
to course overlap.
N. Heath
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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1. Calendar Information
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Department:BiOlOgiCal Sciences
Abbreviation Code: BISC
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Course Number: 422
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Credit Hours:
3
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Vector:
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Title of Course: POPULATION GENETICS
Calendar Description of Course: Theoretical and experimental aspects of
inheritance at the population-level. Topics include Hardy-Weinberg, one- and
two-locus selection theory, introduction to quantitative genetics, and Fisher's
fundamental theorem of
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natural selection.
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Lecture and Tutorial
Prerequisites (or Special instructions): BBC 202-3, MATH 101-3 and MATH 154-3.
(Note:
MATH 151-3 or
1W-1 maybe used instead of
MATH 154-3).
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this bourse is
approved: No courses to be dropped
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered? One semester/year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
1981-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
Dr. A. T. Beckenbach
3. Objectives of the Course
Population genetics examines the interface between genetics, ecology and evolution.
The objectives are three-fold:
1)to provide an understanding of the basic theoretical and experimental results
of population genetics;
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to extend these results to the inheritance of quantitative characters, and
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to develop some of the current controversies, such as the selectionist/
naturalist argument, group selection and the evolution of altruism controversy.
4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
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What additional resources will be required in the following areas:)addjtjonal (,,
Faculty
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Library
Audio Visual
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5. Approval
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Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
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Outline of Course
Population Genetics
Equal emphasis will be placed on the theoretical and experimental aspects
of population genetics. Topics will include one- and two-locus theory,
introduction to quantitative genetics and Fisher's fundamental theorem of
natural selection, with examples drawn from recent studies with plants and
animals including man. Sufficient theory will be covered to allow critical
analysis of the selectionist-neutralist. controversy, altruism and group
selection, and the IQ controversy.
I Introduction: the realm of population genetics
II Mathematical models in population biology - general ideas
III Hardy - Weinberg Equilibrium - the absence of disturbing factors
- one locus and two alleles
- the Wahlund Effect
- more than two alleles
- equilibrium for two loci; linkage
IV Selection
- one locus and two alleles
- more than two alleles
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population subdivision, Levene's model
- more than one locus; general effects
- Altruism and Group selection; the evolution of
sex
V Inbreeding and finite population size
- Sewall Wright's approach
- the probability approach
- drift
VI Genetic Structure of Natural Populations
- history: the classical versus the balance views
- selectionists versus neutralists
VII Mutation and Migration
VIII Quantitative Genetics - the nature of quantitative variation
- comparison to classical population genetics
- genotypic and phenotypic values
- average effect of a gene
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- variance components
- heritability
- Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection
IX Sociobiology and the IQ Controversy.
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TEXT: SPIESS, 1977. Genes In Populations. Wiley
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BISC. 422 "Population-Genetics.
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A Classification of Selected Books in Population Genetics
History:
Provi.nc 1971. The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics. University of
Chicago Press.
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Biological Emphasis:
Dobzhansky, 1970. Genetics of the Evolutionary. Process. Columbia Univ. Press.
Ford 1975. Ecological Genetics. Methuen Press.
Grant,1963. The Origins of Adaptations. Columbia U. Press.
--- ,1971. Plant Speciation. Columbia U. Press.
-.- ,1975. Genetics of Flowering Plants. Columbia U. Press.
Lewontin, 1974. The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. Columbia U. Press.
Mayr, 1963. Animal Species and Evolution. Harvard U. Press.
-.T-,1970. Populations, Species and Evolution. Harvard U. Press.
Stebbins, 1950. Variation and Evolution in Plants. Columbia U. Press.
Wallace, 1968. Topics .in
Population Genetics. Norton Press.
Wright, 1977. Evolution and the Genetics of Populations. Vol. 3. Experimental
Results and Evolutionary Deductions.
---, 1978. Vol. 4 Variability Within and Among Natural Populations. Univ. of
Chicago Press.
Theoretical jEmphasis:
Edwards, 1977. Foundations of Mathematical Genetics. Cambridge U. Press.
Elandt-Johnson, 1971. Probability Models and Statistical Methods of Genetics. Wiley
Ewens, 1969. Population Genetics. Methuen Press.
Fisher, 1930. The Genetical Theoryof Natural Selection. Dover.
Haldane, 1932. The Causes of Evolution. Cornell U. Press.
Kimura and Ohta, 1971. Theoretical Aspects of Population Genetics. Princeton U. Press.
Malecot, 1969. The Mathematics of Heredity. Freeman Press.
Moran, 1962. The Statistical Processes of Evolutionary Theory. Oxford U. Press.
Nei, 1975. Molecular Population Genetics and Evolution. North-Holland Press.
Wright, 1968. Evolution and the Genetics of Populations. Vol. 1. Genetic and
Biometric Foundations.
---, 1969. Vol. 2. The Theory of Gene Frequencies. Univ. of Chicago Press.
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antitative Genetics:
Fa1coner, 1960. Quantitative Genetics. Ronald Press.
Kempthorne, 1957. An Introduction to Genetic Statistics. Iowa State Ii. Press.
Letner, 1954. Genetic Homeostasis. Dover Press.
Mather and Jinks, 1971. Biometrical Genetics. Cornell U. Press.
Mather, 1978. Fundamentals of Biometrical Genetics.
General Textbooks:
Caral1i - Sforza and Bodmer, 1971. The Genetics of Human Populations; Freeman Press.
Crow and Kimura, 1970. An Introduction to Population Genetics Theory. Harper Row.
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Jacquard, 1974. The Genetic Structure of Populations. Springer Verlag.
Li, 1976. First Course in Population Genetics. Boxwood Press.
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BISC. 422 - Journals
Genetics
Can. J. Genet. anc Cytology
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Theor. Pop. Biol.
Evolution
Hereditas
Heredity
J. of Heredity
Amer. J. Human Genet.
Biometrics
Biometrica
Missing: Evolutionary Theory (New Journal)
Series: Annual Review of Genetics
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
Annals of Human Genetics
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Dr. K. Vidssn, faculty of Uucatlon,
Dr. J. Diskinop .,
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Dr. I. V. Robartse L. L. & L.
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Cours. DISC 422-3
Dr. K. IbCkaui, Cs1rn,
Dept. of Biological Sd.nc.s.
April 2, 1980.
I - enclosing herewith a new
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proposal (Population Genetics,
RISC 422-3) for consideration of course overlap.
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from Sheila Roberts, Secretary of the Faculty of Arts Curriculum
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Copies of the above course proposals were sent to the Faculty of Arts,
Education and Interdisciplinary Studies for consideration of course
overlap. Plea8e note that I asked for a reply by 18 April, falling that,
I would assume the absence .of overlap. A reply was received only from the
Faculty of Arts and Education.
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