UFSC
Courses teached at the Agronomy undergraduate degree (more information: agronomia.ufsc.br)
FIT5306 – Biostatistics and agricultural experimentation (5 credits)
Prof.: Tiago Montagna
Syllabus: Statistical analysis in agricultural sciences. Descriptive statistics: tables, graphs, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion. Probability distributions: binomial, Poisson, normal, t, F, chi-square. Sampling. Inference and hypothesis tests: type I and II errors, confidence interval, t-test, analysis of variance, multiple comparison tests, chi-square test and contingency tables. Basic principles of experimentation and design of experiments. Completely randomized design and randomized block design. Factorial experiments. Correlation and linear regression.
FIT5305 – Genetics (4 credits)
Prof.: Tiago Montagna
Syllabus: Genetic material, structure, function and gene expression. Mutation. Meiotic segregation and crossing over. Basic laws of genetics and gene interactions. Determination of sex. Inheritance linked to sex. The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Genomics and Proteomics. Evolution.
Courses teached at the Plant Genetic Resources Graduate Program (more information: rgv.ufsc.br)
RGV410003 – Biometry (5 credits – 1st semester)
Profs.: Maurício Sedrez dos Reis and Tiago Montagna
Syllabus: Descriptive statistics: central tendency measures, dispersion measures, frequency distribution, probability distribution. Hypothesis testing. Parametric statistics: parameters and estimators, simple and multiple comparison tests. Analysis of variance. Regression and correlation analysis. Experimentation: principles, basic experimental designs. Nonparametric statistics: uses of the χ² distribution, main tests.
RGV3006000 – Evolutionary ecology (3 credits – 2nd semester)
Profs.: Maurício Sedrez dos Reis, Alexandre Siminski and Tiago Montagna
Syllabus: Biological and environmental diversity. Adaptation and life history. Speciation patterns. Biogeography and phylogenetics. Population ecology. Mating systems. Colonization. Interaction between species: predation/herbivory, pollination and seed dispersal. Inter and intra-specific competition. Community and eocsystem ecology.
RGV410014 – Population genetics (3 credits – 2nd semester)
Profs.: Rubens Onofre Nodari and Maurício Sedrez dos Reis
Syllabus: Allele and genotype frequencies. Hardy-Weinberg’s law and deviations: inbreeding, genetic drift, migration, mutation, selection, linkage disequilibrium. Genetic structure of populations. Effective population size. Neutral theory. Adaptation. Epigenetics. Evolution dimensions. Speciation.
RGV410037 – Plant populations monitoring (3 credits – 2nd semester)
Profs.: Maurício Sedrez dos Reis and Tiago Montagna
Syllabus: Management and conservation of plant populations: traditional, local and scientific knowledge; Extractivism, Neo-extractivism and management of plant populations; demographic indicators of plant populations; genetic diversity and structure indicators; aspects of reproductive biology; gene flow indicators; monitoring plant populations and species management and conservation strategies.
RGV410015 – Genetic analysis of plant populations (3 credits – concentrated between 1st and 2nd semester)
Profs.: Rubens Onofre Nodari, Tiago Montagna and Valdir Marcos Stefenon
Syllabus: Nature and types of the detected variation, characteristics and protocols of genetic markers. Biometrics and data interpretation of molecular genetic markers. Estimates of genetic diversity, outcrossing rate, gene flow, effective size and genetic structure of populations. Genetic distances and cluster analysis. Phylogeographic analysis. Main features of the available software for analysis. Applications in genetics, plant breeding and conservation.
