Category: Lab Notes

Population genetics is the study of genetic variation within and among populations and how allele frequencies change over generations through mutation, recombination, selection, genetic drift, gene flow, population history, and breeding. In domestic animals, population genetics provides the foundation for understanding breed development, genetic diversity, population structure, adaptation, animal breeding, and conservation.

Developmental biology is the study of how organisms grow, develop, and change over time. Explore embryology, cell differentiation, morphogenesis, organogenesis, developmental genetics, signaling, stem cells, regeneration, plant and animal development, and evolutionary developmental biology.