? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BIO-4-ZOmolecol

This course will look critically at how problems in ecology and conservation, such as measuring individual reproductive success and developing conservation policy, can be solved (or not) using molecular techniques. It will cover issues from the individual to the population level, including plant mating systems, gene flow and population history, identifying parentage, measuring relatedness, sex identification and the study of sex ratio, measuring inbreeding and the potential of molecular techniques in conservation.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Normally Evolutionary & Ecological Genetics 3 or Behavioural Ecology 3 is required.

Home subject area

Zoology, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 20/09/2007 09:30 12:30 Room 1.0114, Ashworth Labs KB Hons Room 2, Ashworth

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Thursday 09:00 09:50 KB Lecture Thursday 11:10 12:00 KB

Understanding of course content and ability to apply this to novel problems in biology.

2 hours written exam

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Pat Dougall
Tel : (0131 6)50 5464
Email : pat.dougall@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Vernon French
Tel : (0131 6)50 5480
Email : Vernon.French@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/