| Responsible Department | Forest & Landscape
60 % Department of Agriculture and Ecology 40 % |
| Research School | Forest, Landscape and Planning (REFOLANA) |
| Course Dates | 22/8-26/8 2011 |
| Course Abstract | The course provides participants with practical and theoretical knowledge on analysis of genetic population structure, mating patterns, and population processes in plant populations, using molecular marker data |
| Course Registration | Write an e-mail to Ole Hansen, okh@life.ku.dk, containing the following information: Full name, e-mail address, phone no., institution, full mailing address, country, whether you are a Ph.D. student, ti-tle of present research project, education in genetics (courses + experience) and whether you would like to present your project during the course |
| Deadline for Registration | 15/7. 2011 |
| Credits | 3 (ECTS) 1 week master class, before: read articles, after: finalize synopsis. |
| Level of Course | PhD course |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Course Content | |
| Estimation of genetic diversity, F-statistics, inbreeding level, gene flow, population and paternity as-signment, population admixture, hybridization. Assumptions and limitations of methods, and practical exercises with relevant computer programs such as: GenAlEx, Structure, Cervus, Population Graph, Geneland, Split tree, New Hybrids, AFLPOP, GeneClass2. Discussion of selected student projects | |
| Teaching and learning Methods | |
| The course includes theoretical lectures, exercises and practicals with various computer programmes as well as discussions of student projects. The course is taught by staff at University of Copenhagen and other Danish Universities as well as Professor Peter Smouse, Rutgers University, one of the developers of GenAlEx, a widely used software for population genetic analysis. | |
| Learning Outcome | |
| The students will learn how to critically analyse genetic population structures and processes based on data from molecular markers. Beyond the technical aspects, the student will understand the assumptions behind the applied analytical approaches and the limitations they provides. | |
| Course Literature | |
| Selected papers to be read before the class | |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Erik Dahl Kjær, edk@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Arboretum, Phone: 353-31624 Ole Kim Hansen, okh@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Arboretum, Phone: 353-31647 Gunter Martin Backes, guba@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 353-33434 Thure Pavlo Hauser, tpha@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Section of Botany, Phone: 353-32818 | |
| Course Costs | |
| 150 EURO | |
| Type of Evaluation | |
| Requirement for obtaining credit: approval of a written synopsis of the course content. | |