Announcing NEW COURSE!
Designed to guide and support students with limited prior exposure to genetics,
NRES 499: Conservation Genetics is an interdisciplinary study of the dynamics of gene pools within populations of species with an emphasis on promoting genetic diversity and reducing the risk of species extinction. Topics will include natural selection, genetic variation and drift, mutations and interbreeding, the effects of landscape fragmentation and invasive species on metapopulations, and conservation strategies to safeguard selected priority species. This course would appeal to persons involved in animal and plant sciences, ecologists, wildlife managers, and evolutionary and developmental biologists.
Dates/Time: Thursday 6:30-9:30 pm
Instructor: Dr. Lynn Anderson-Carpenter, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Credit Hours: 3 (CRN 69542)
