1) Introduction: two approaches to quantitative genetics, Wright's method, QTL mapping. 2) Heritability: definition, estimation for continuous and threshold traits, dominance variance. 3) Genetic correlations: estimation between traits within an individual, between environments, genetic variance-covariance matrix. 4) Directional selection: evolvability, response to selection, artificial selection, correlated responses. 5) Phenotypic plasticity and norm of reaction, genetic basis of plasticity. 6) Quantitative variance and sex: sex chromosomes, dimorphism, maternal effects. 7) Small populations, bottleneck effect and inbreeding. 8) Maintenance of genetic variation: stabilizing and disruptive selection, mutation, heterosis, pleiotropy, frequency-dependent selection, environmental heterogeneity.
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