This course covers the learning outcomes of understanding phenotypes and genotypes, exploring phenotypic changes under domestication, studying domesticated dogs, examining experimental evolution and domestication, and drawing conclusions. The course teaches skills in analyzing size, shape, skin pigmentation, and behavior changes in domesticated animals. The teaching method includes lectures, case studies, and experimental studies. The intended audience for this course includes students interested in evolution, genetics, animal behavior, and domestication.
Evolution: artificial selection and domestication
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Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Phenotypes and genotypes
- 1 Phenotypes and genotypes
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Artificial selection
- 2 Phenotypic change under domestication
- 2 Phenotypic change under domestication
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Size and shape
- 2.3 Skin pigmentation and pattern
- 3 Domesticated dogs
- 3 Domesticated dogs
- 3.1 The origins of domesticated dogs
- 3.2 Structure and behaviour in modern dog breeds
- 4 Experimental study of evolution and domestication
- 4 Experimental study of evolution and domestication
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Experimental domestication of foxes
- 4.3 Phenotypic changes that appeared without being selected
- 5 Conclusion
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
