Conservation Genetics Course
BIOL 480 / 548
Class 1: Tuesday Aug 27
- Summary: Introduced class, reviewed basic genetics
- Handouts: Syllabus, Genetics terms
- Assignments (due Th): Read Ch. 1, Read Ralls et al. (1979) and Berger et al. (1990), be ready for quiz on genetics terms.
Class 2: Thursday Aug 29
- Summary: Discussed papers
- Handouts: None
- Assignments: Population viability homework
Class 3: Tuesday Sept 3
- Summary: Discussed papers
- Handouts: Hardy-Weinberg problems
- Assignments (due Th): Read Taberlet et al. 1997, Read Chapter 3
Class 4: Thursday Sept 5
- Summary: Discussed first and second homework and Taberlet paper
Class 5: Tuesday Sept 10
- Summary: Discussed inbreeding homework, genetic diversity, Hardy-Weinberg tests
- Handouts: Spirit bears Hardy-Weinberg problem
- Assignments (due Th):PVA Homework, Panther data file (to be opened by Vortex), Read Hoekstra et al, Read Chapter 4
Notice: I have installed Vortex 9.9 on a computer in my lab for students that need a computer to do this assignment. The comptuter is in AJMJ Room 24. The room should be open during normal working hours. I have left on a desk with instructions on how to run Vortex and open the homework data. Please email me if you have any questions, and please leave the lab as you found it so other students can use this computer. --Thank you.
Class 6: Thursday Sept 12
- Summary: Discussed Hardy Weinberg and Hoekstra paper
- Assignments (due Tues): Read McClean et al.
Class 8: Thursday Sept 19
- Summary: Developed mathematical models of selection
- Assignments (due Tues): Read chapter 6, Petrie 1994, Marshall et al. 1998
Class 9: Tuesday Sept 24
- Summary: Discussed 3 selection papers
- Assignments (due next Tues): Prepare for quiz on selection. Read genetic rescue paper.
Class 10:
- Summary: Discussed mutation and gene flow
- Assignments (due Thursday): Read Florida panther paper and weed dispersal paper.
Tuesday October 8
- Summary: Discussed genetic drift
- Assignments (due Thursday): Read whaling paper
Thursday October 10
- Summary: Discussed effective population size
- Assignments (due Tuesday): Read whaling paper, grizzly bear paper, New Zealand snapper paper
Tuesday October 22
- Summary: Discussed inbreeding. Here is the handout (including homework). Here is the data you need for the homework.
- Assignments: Prepare for quiz on Th. Be ready to discuss following paper on Thursday: Keller et 1994
Thursday October 24
- Summary: Be ready to discuss following papers nextThursday: Ralls et al. 1988, Schiegg 2002, and this one
Thursday November 7
- Summary: Discussed population structure. Here is the handout.
- Assignments: Be ready to discuss papers on Atlantic salmon and Scots pine
Reading assignment for Nov 14
- Human genetic diversity papers: Rosenberg et al., Manica et al., Novembre et al.
Reading assignment for Nov 19
- Hybridization papers: Allendorf et al.; Campton et al.; Muhlfeld et al.