Offered Winter 2010 at UC Davis

Applied Ecological Genetics
Genetics for Ecology, Health, and Conservation
of Natural Populations

ECL242/PHR242
3 units

Day & Time: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:10-4pm

Graduate students and undergraduate students* are invited!

CRN's for graduate students to register for winter 2010
Graduate students in Ecology register with CRN 40000 for ECL 242.
Graduate students in all other graduate groups register with CRN 56073 for PHR242.

Location: 1038 Wickson

2010 syllabus available in January 2010
2010 schedule available in January 2010

For students interested in learning how to use genetics to answer important conservation and ecological research questions

Invited: students in any graduate group including Animal Behavior, Animal Biology, Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Avian Sciences, Comparative Pathology, Ecology, Entomology, Epidemiology, Forensic Science, Genetics, Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Plant Science, Population Biology, and others.

*Undergraduate students - Instructor permission required prior to registering.  Sorry, the undergraduate slots in course are now full.  You may contact instructor to be put on a waiting list in case slots open up. Including mention of your interest and background. Undergrad prerequisites: at least 3rd year of college and have taken a genetics course.

Email the instructor, Holly Ernest for more information.

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Required Text

Beebee and Rowe An Introduction to Molecular Ecology

Second edition, 2008

Available at UCD main book store and book sellers such as Amazon.

 

 

 

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Topics

• Study design and sampling strategies
• Molecular tools for ecology
• Genetics of endangered species and invasive species
• Introduction to statistical analysis of ecological genetic data
• Molecular identification of individuals, parents, kinship, populations, species
• Conservation genetics; landscape genetics
• Population genetics and phylogeography for ecology
• Specialized ecological genetics: disease ecology genetics, microbial genetics, immunogenetics, and more.

Sessions in DNA laboratory, computer lab, discussion, and lecture; surveying the breadth of ecological genetics

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For graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are looking for an introduction to the how, when, where, why's of applications of genetics to ecological questions.

• Learn how you can use genetic tools for graduate research and applied conservation
• Get a great foundation in ecological genetics to support future careers (wildlife biology, resource management, academic positions, state-federal jobs, non-governmental organizations (NGO's), etc.) - even if you may not be actively planninglaboratory work - this course is good for both "lab rats" and "non-lab rats".