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M1 - Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology (MEME)
M1 immersion course - Summer School (extra UE)
30 credits21h
Hot topics in Ecology & Evolution: presenting and discussing
2 credits22hinternship M1 MEME
15 creditsStatistics
3 creditsModelling
3 creditsWinter School
2 credits21hEvolutionary Applications
1 creditsGenetic Data analysis
3 creditsPopulation genetics
3 credits
M2 - Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Evolutionary Biology (MEME)
M1 immersion course - Summer School (extra UE)
ECTS
30 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
21h
https://www.evobio.eu/summer-school
Hot topics in Ecology & Evolution: presenting and discussing
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
22h
Each year, teachers will suggest a number of topics, from which students will choose (the list will be neither binding nor exhaustive: any topic that relates to evolution is fair game). Working in groups of two or three people, the students will be responsible for presenting the topic they have chosen. Each person in a group should participate equally in these presentations. Each group will be given a small selection of recent papers that they will use to begin to explore the topic, or the groups will themselves propose pertinent papers. Among these, the group will distribute (one week before the class session) one-two papers that everyone should read before class. The group will be responsible for presenting the topicto the rest of the class and leading discussion of it. The group presentation should explain why the topic is interesting and present the state of the art, outlining points ofcontroversy and defining big open questions. The presentation format will be defined by the group, keeping in mind that it should open discussions. For the last session(s) at the end of the course, students will give short individual presentations providing a recap of some aspect(s) of another group's topic. In addition to the main hot topic presentations, there will be a brief 'writing summaries' exercise at the beginning of the course, and regular "news & views" briefings of recent articles picked by the students from journals of their choice.
internship M1 MEME
ECTS
15 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
https://www.umontpellier.fr/en/research
Statistics
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Starting from scratch for analysing biological data: describing, testing and modelling simple experimental protocols;
Getting to know fundamental properties of linear models dealing with simple regressions and simple ANOVAs;
Incorporating into models the essence of biological data: co-linearity, dependence, spatial structure, laws that are not normal....
Representing data and results from models.
Modelling
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Modelling is a methodology that is frequently used in biological sciences nowadays, in particular in ecological and evolutionary studies. However, models usually frighten students. The aim of this initiation is to show that modelling is by no means more inaccessible than other techniques in biology. The goal is to give students a feel of how a model is constructed, to be able to spot the key assumptions behind a result, and to test their validity. The course will seek to familiarize the students with several basic modelling techniques and tools.
Winter School
ECTS
2 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
21h
This one week course will be offered at least in winter 2020 (and in following years if independent funding can be secured). It will be organised as a retreat during which students will write in small groups grant proposals on Evolutionary Biology topics.
Evolutionary Applications
ECTS
1 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The course discusses cases where evolutionary biology based implementations provide invaluable insight in applied issues such as vector control, conservation biology or fish stock management.
Genetic Data analysis
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
"The objectives of this course are threefold: (i) to remind students of the theoretical bases of some essential concepts of population genetics theory; (ii) to detail some "classical" inference methods (e.g., F-statistics) and more "modern" approaches (based, e.g., on coalescent theory); (iii) to show how demographic history may be inferred from the analysis of genetic polymorphisms."
Population genetics
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
The objective of this course is to provide the theoretical background for understanding, and potentially being able to use and apply the principles of how selection will affect the evolution of populations. Y. Michalakis describes the basics of selection theory and shows with elementary algebra that it is possible to derive some fundamental results in Population Genetics, such as Fisher's Fundamental Theorem. He also gives an introduction to mutation-_selection balance and two--locus theory. The latter topics are put in perspective in the courses by T. Lenormand on the evolution of sexual reproduction, migration and local adaptation. T. Lenormand also presents the theory that allows understanding the dynamics of adaptation. G. Martin's courses explain how stochastic effects interact with selection to influence the fate of adaptive mutations.
M2S3 MEME internship
ECTS
30 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
https://www.evobio.eu/semester-3-4
M2 immersion course - Summer School
Component
Faculty of Science
https://www.evobio.eu/summer-school