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Spring Term 2025 TOP: CONSERVATION GENETICS - 4060 - BIOL 450

Prerequisites/Notes: BIOL 130 and BIOL 150, or consent of instructor

Catalog Description : A course designed to offer students an opportunity to study important issues in biology not covered in other regularly offered classes. Activities may include reading and analysis of material from primary literature, consideration of interdisciplinary connections, and field and laboratory activities.




Topic for Spring 2025: Conservation Genetics
PREREQUISITES: BIOL 130 and BIOL 150, or consent of instructor Conservation genetics as a field aims to understand the effects of habitat loss, exploitation, and/or environmental change on the genetic composition of natural populations. This course introduces students to the field of conservation genetics, which focuses on the application of genetic analyses to general questions in wildlife and fisheries biology and management. In the lecture section of this course students will cover genetic theory and methods that are being utilized in modern conservation efforts as well as discussion of methodologies and design considerations. In the laboratory section, students will use publicly available datasets and R-Studio to focus on practical aspects of the field.



Attributes: 400-599 Advanced Course


Term

Spring Term 2025

Instructors

Ken Webb

Course

BIOL 450

Grade Mode

Standard

Title

TOP: CONSERVATION GENETICS

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CRN

4060

Status

Active

Class Time

11:10 AM-12:20 PM MWF BRIG 420 01:00 PM-04:00 PM T STEI 128

Start-End Date

Mar 31, 2025-Jun 11, 2025

Campus

Appleton Main Campus

Units

6

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