EBIO-4070 (3) DNA Methods in Ecology and Conservation Biology

Acquiring skill with molecular methods in ecology and conservation biology is most quickly accomplished with hands-on experience. This course combines classroom lectures with collecting in the field and laboratory exercises to provide experience extracting DNA, amplifying DNA with the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), designing PRC primers, sequencing DNA and editing and aligning sequences with the Sequencher software. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of EBIO 2070 (minimum grade C).