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B026851 - ENVIRONMENTAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS
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Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2022-23
Coorte 2022 - Second Cycle Degree in BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (BIO-EMSA)
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/07 - AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
19/09/2022 ⇒ 23/12/2022
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course program is divided into 3 sections:
Section 1 - Conceptual bases of landscape genetics and genomics
Section 2 - Methods and approaches of landscape genetics and genomics
Section 3 - Applications (examples)
Section 1 - Conceptual bases of landscape genetics and genomics
Section 2 - Methods and approaches of landscape genetics and genomics
Section 3 - Applications (examples)
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Landscape Genetics: Concepts, Methods, Applications (Niko Balkenhol, Samuel Cushman, Andrew Storfer, Lisette Waits) Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN: 978-1-118-52529-6
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Learning Objectives
Understanding of genetic and genomic environmental analysis approaches.
Knowledge of the main analysis techniques and data processing for the monitoring problems of the genetic and genomic environmental.
Acquisition of techniques for conservation, enhancement, and protection and restoring environmental.
Ability to plan programs for monitoring and protection and restoring of genetic resources.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in Plant Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Genomics
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course: 150 (=6 x 25)
Hours reserved to private study and other formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 32
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 16
Further information
Attendance to lectures and other activities, although not compulsory, is strongly recommended
Lectures and seminars in the classroom. Practices in laboratory
Type of Assessment
Oral exams on the topics of the course and written study on the applications presented in the course
Course program
PART 1 – CONCEPTS
_ Basic concepts of landscape ecology
_ Basic concepts of population genetics
_ Basic concepts of study design
_Basic concepts of spatial data analysis
PART 2 - METHODS
_ Simulation modeling in landscape genetics
_ Clustering and assignment methods in landscape genetics, 114
_ Resistance surface modeling in landscape genetics
_ Genomic approaches in landscape genetics
_ Graph theory and network models in landscape genetics
PART 3: APPLICATIONS
_ Basic concepts of landscape ecology
_ Basic concepts of population genetics
_ Basic concepts of study design
_Basic concepts of spatial data analysis
PART 2 - METHODS
_ Simulation modeling in landscape genetics
_ Clustering and assignment methods in landscape genetics, 114
_ Resistance surface modeling in landscape genetics
_ Genomic approaches in landscape genetics
_ Graph theory and network models in landscape genetics
PART 3: APPLICATIONS