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Population Genetics

Class at Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
PDSK031

Syllabus

1. Basic laws of inheritance

2. Polygenic inheritance.

3. Clinical cytogenetics.

4. Genetic risk of external factors.

5. Genomics

6. Pharmacogenetics

7. Nutrigenetics

Annotation

Population genetics deals with the derivation of distribution laws of population characteristics of the generation sequence based on the laws of inheritance. It is focused on changes in the representation of alleles of individual genes in the population, which may result from natural selection and genetic drift including mutations.

It deals with the etiopathogenesis of genetic predispositions in both physiological and pathological conditions. A specific area is sports genomics, which determine genetic predispositions associated with sports performance, both structural and biochemical parameters.

Special attention is paid to somatoscopy, somatometry, typology and dermatoglyphic findings in connection with genetic diseases and possibilities of genetic testing of sports performance of different age categories (genetic determinants of muscle activity, genes associated with metabolic processes and characteristics, associated with muscle growth, muscle recovery, strength ligaments and tendons including genetic doping problems).