Introduction to genetic concepts of reproductive systems, recombination, mutation, segregation and linkage analysis, inbreeding, quantitative inheritance, fertility regulation, population genetics and polyploidy to prepare for subsequent e-modules in crop improvement. The course will be developed with applied learning e-modules and will use crops important to Africa as examples when possible.
Coordinator: Shui-Zhang Fei
Collaborating Faculty in Africa:
- KNUST: Richard Akromah, Stephen Amoah
- MAK: Richard Edema, Paul Gibson, Sadik Kassim, Settumba Mukasa
- UKZN: John Derera, Pangirayi Tongoona, Hussein Shimelis
Modules
- Reproduction in Crop Plants
- Flower Morphology and Distribution
- Controlled Hybridization Self-incompatibility, Male-sterility, and Sex-inheritance
- Gene Segregation and Genetic Recombination
- Linkage
- Population Genetics
- Inbreeding and Heterosis
- Inheritance of Quantitative Traits
- Mutations and Variation
- Ploidy Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, Haploidy
Applied Learning Activities
- CG-ALA 1_Reproductive_Biology_in_Crop_Plants_Module1.docx
- CG-ALA 3_-Genetic_Segregation_Module 3.docx
- CG-ALA 4_-Linkage_Module 4.docx
- CG-ALA 8_-Mutation-and-Variation_Module8.docx
- CG-ALA 9_-Ploidy_Module9.docx
The following Applied Learning Activities (ALAs) are associated with the Crop Genetics course.