Re:Why Rent Is So High and Pay So Low
by elektromekatron on Saturday August 08, 2015 @11:53PM
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Typically population genetics is its own separate subject at the university level.
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As a unit it often is called something else to appeal more to students and is more often mixed in with other biology fields.
Which is it?
Re:Why Rent Is So High and Pay So Low
by danieltillett on Sunday August 09, 2015 @12:42AM
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It is both - it is a a separate subject (course unit), but one that is often hidden inside another subject (unit) to make it palatable to students. To do this you give it another name and mix in some other stuff - I guess a bit like the way nasty tasting medicine is handled :)
The problem with teaching population genetics is not that it is not important or interesting, but that it involves maths. Biology students and maths are a bit like oil and water.
As a unit it often is called something else to appeal more to students and is more often mixed in with other biology fields. This is a general trend across biology where areas that were once separate fields have come back together with the rise of molecular biology.