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Faculty of Science
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Evolutionary genomics
4 creditsEXDIM: Exploring multidimensional data
4 creditsIntegrative ecophysiology
4 credits
Evolutionary genomics
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
This EU has three objectives:
1) Deepen knowledge of concepts in genetics and evolutionary genomics such as linkage disequilibrium, selection, coalescent theory, detection of natural selection and evolutionary forces acting on genome evolution and the process of genomic speciation.
2) Provide an overview of research topics in evolutionary genomics in the form of educational seminars: molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics of endosymbiosis, chromosomal evolution, and molecular evolution.
3) Finally, the EU is proposing a bioanalysis project using an empirical dataset to understand evolutionary genomics analysis and tackle the increasingly sophisticated bioinformatics aspects of the discipline.
EXDIM: Exploring multidimensional data
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
This module presents table management and the link between multivariate and univariate analysis: matrix manipulation and common operations; the concepts of projection and distance; translation of descriptive and univariate statistics using multiple regression/ACP/AFD as examples; indices of (dis)similarity, distance; correlation.
Integrative ecophysiology
ECTS
4 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
The aim of this EU is to understand the adaptive biology of organisms by considering individual and population responses to environmental variations. Concrete examples in animal evolutionary ecophysiology will be discussed in the context of global change. The responses of organisms and populations to abiotic parameters (such as temperature, salinity, oxygen availability, pollutants) will be considered, as well as their interactive effects. The course unit will demonstrate the involvement of physiological mechanisms in ecology, from phenotypic and cognitive processes at the intra-individual level to functional variants between individuals and between species. The concepts of intraspecific variability, phenotypic plasticity, and transgenerational effects will also be addressed. This course unit will be illustrated by examples of phenotypic trait analysis (including behavior) within populations. Links with genetic and epigenetic markers will also be discussed. Different approaches (-omics vs. gene/protein target), several experimental designs, and various scales of biological organization will be considered (molecule, gene, phenotype, individual, population, species).