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BIO336

The Genetics of Conservation Biology

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