ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue

Course details
Course code: BIS10033f13
Semester: 2013/2014 summer
Name: CONSERVATION OF GENETIC BIODIVERSITY
Major: Bioinformatics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Heliodor Wierzbicki
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: After completing the course students will know the genetic background of biodiversity as well as statistical methods used when analyzing genetic diversity within and between populations.

Competences: Passing the course permits working in institutions dealing with environment protection (national parks, nature reserves, botanical and zoological gardens) as well as laboratories where biodiversity of plant and animal species is conserved (plant and animal genetic material banks, animal conservation centres).

Prerequisites: Genetics, biochemistry, botany, zoology

Course content: The overall purpose of the course is to provide students with theoretical background and practical skills concerning conservation of genetic biodiversity with the use of molecular and population genetics methods.

Recommended literature: Pullin A.S:.Biologiczne podstawy ochrony przyrody. PWN, 2007 Andrzejewwski R., Wiegle A.: Różnorodność biologiczna Polski. Narodowa Fundacja Ochrony Środowiska. Warszawa 2003 Frankham R., Ballou J.D., Briscoe D.A.: Introduction to conservation genetics. Cambridge University Press, 2002

Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training Minimum 60% of knowledge to pass

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