BIO3119 Population Genetics (Fall term)

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Relevant information:

• This course is more mathematical than other biology courses.
• Student composition: BioMed (40%), BioPharm (24%), Biology (16%), Biochem (8%), Health (8%), Other (4%)
• In past years, 3rd- and 4th- year Biology students performed equally well in this course, but in all other programs, 3rd year students performed much worse than 4th-year students in this course. BPS students typically include the best and the worst performers in the course.
• Syllabus
• Reference book: Felsenstein, J. 2019. Theoretical Population Genetics (An excellent source of population genetics insights)
• A very useful software tool for teaching population genetics: PopG

Weekly lecture schedule:

(The slide-embedded assignments are to be submitted on Tuesday in the week following the lecture.)