BIO336
The Genetics of Conservation Biology
Biology
BC
Subject code
BIO
Course Number
336
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
D. Dearborn
Course Long Title
The Genetics of Conservation Biology
Cross Listed Courses
Description
Conserving biodiversity is important at multiple scales, including genetic variation within species. Does a species have enough variation to evolve in a changing world? Are individuals differentially adapted to local environmental variation? In a captive population of a rare animal, which individuals should be bred to minimize the erosion of genetic variation? Lectures and labs cover the fundamentals of classical, molecular, and population genetics, applying them to current issues in biological conservation. Prerequisite(s): BIO 202, 242, 206, or 270.
Modes of Inquiry
Scientific Reasoning [SR]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
INDS Program Relationship
IDES - ENVR Program
Class Restriction
Exclude First Years