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4 credits
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College of Sciences
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Evolutionary Genomics
4 creditsEXDIM: Multidimensional Data Exploration
4 creditsIntegrative Ecophysiology
4 credits
Evolutionary Genomics
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This learning unit has three objectives:
1) To deepen understanding of concepts in evolutionary genetics and genomics, such as linkage disequilibrium, selection, coalescence theory, the detection of natural selection, and the evolutionary forces acting on genome evolution and the process of genomic speciation.
2) Provide an overview of research topics in evolutionary genomics through educational seminars: molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics of endosymbiosis, chromosomal evolution, and molecular evolution.
3) Finally, the EU is proposing a bioanalysis project based on an empirical dataset to gain an understanding of evolutionary genomics and to tackle the increasingly sophisticated bioinformatics aspects of the discipline.
EXDIM: Multidimensional Data Exploration
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
"This module introduces array management and the relationship between multivariate and univariate analysis: matrix manipulation and common operations; the concepts of projection and distance; interpretation of descriptive and univariate statistics, using multiple regression, PCA, and AFD as examples; (dis)similarity indices, distance; and correlation."
Integrative Ecophysiology
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
The goal of this course unit is to understand the adaptive biology of organisms by examining individual and population responses to environmental variations. Concrete examples from the field of evolutionary animal 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, and pollutants) will be examined, along with their interactive effects. The course will demonstrate the role of physiological mechanisms in ecology, ranging from phenotypic and cognitive processes at the intra-individual level to functional variations 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 with examples of analyses of phenotypic traits (including behavior) within populations. Links to genetic and epigenetic markers will also be discussed. Various approaches (-omics vs. gene/protein targets), several experimental designs, and diverse organizational scales of living organisms will be considered (molecule, gene, phenotype, individual, population, species).