Mar 28, 2024  
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University of Alberta Calendar 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIOL 392 - Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Ecology and Systematics


★ 3 (fi 6) (second term, 0-1s-6) A laboratory course introducing students to current molecular biology techniques and associated analyses used to study population genetics, systematics, and evolutionary biology in natural populations. Students will develop microsatellite marker systems and use them to examine the genetic structure of a natural population. A comparative bioinformatic approach will be used to generate sequence data to investigate the use of single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate gene analysis and in phylogenetic inference. Prerequisite: BIOL 207, 208 and consent of instructor, corequisite: BIOL 380. Note: BIOL 392 and 592 cannot both be taken for credit.