Marine Conservation Genetics

3 credits · Graduate

We survey techniques of molecular genetic analysis and consider how they can be used to identify species, populations, sexes, individuals and family relationships, and study population attributes such as historical dispersal, contemporary connectivity, mating behaviour and effective population size. Evaluation is based on assignments, an essay and two exams. PREREQUISITES: BIOL 2060.03, BIOL 2030.03 or BIOA 3001.03, GENE 2000.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Discussion