Applied Genetics Of Plants, Animals, Humans And Fungi, The

Aims of applied genetics, revision of basic genetic concepts and terminology; the inheritance and analysis of qualitative and quantitative characters; regression, transgression, environmental effects and heritability, correlations between characters, genotype, phenotype and breeding values; population genetics - allele frequencies, genetic equilibria, population mixing, genetic drift and gene flow; types and uses of selection; departures from random mating; mutation and its uses; recombination and mapping; structural chromosome aberrations -their origins, properties and uses; changes in chromosome number -their effects and uses; supernumerary ("B") chromosomes; breeding methods and examples; human and medical genetics; genetics engineering in plants, animals and micro-organisms, and human gene therapy; genetic variation in wild and agricultural populations, genetic conservation; genetic methods of insect pest control; reproductive physiology in plants, animals and humans, crossing methods; applied fungal genetics; the economics of agricultural products and breeding programmes.