NTRES 6300

Current Topics in Molecular Ecology and Population Genomics

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This graduate seminar will take the form of a journal club that meets weekly to discuss the burgeoning literature on genomic approaches used to address ecological and evolutionary questions in non-model organisms (i.e. organisms that have not been selected by large research communities for extensive study). The class time is used for discussion of recent primary research articles. Paper topics will be determined based on student interest and will include both novel results and methodological advances, primarily in evolutionary and ecological genomics or molecular ecology. To earn course credit, students are required to actively participate in class discussions each week and lead the discussion of at least one paper over course of the semester.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: introductory genetics plus a background in population or ecological genomics, or permission of instructor.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Comments May be repeated for credit.

• Interpret and critique papers from the primary literature in the fields of molecular ecology and population genomics.
• Discuss examples of how cutting-edge genomic methodology can be applied to address ecological and evolutionary questions in non-model organisms.
• Articulate ideas and questions in a group discussion on shared readings.
• Lead a group discussion on shared readings.

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