Undergraduate Course: Molecular Ecology (ZLGY10007)
Course Outline
School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | 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. |
Course description |
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Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 25 |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 30,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
66 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
2 hours written exam and class essay 50%/50% |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Molecular Ecology | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
Understanding of course content and ability to apply this to novel problems in biology.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | zomolecol |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Josephine Pemberton
Tel: (0131 6)50 5505
Email: J.Pemberton@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Law
Tel: (0131 6)51 3689
Email: Rachel.Law@ed.ac.uk |
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