BIOS5116 – Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics

When you have completed this course you should:

• Know the different molecular processes that leads to changes in the genome and the evolutionary consequences the different processes have
• Know the various population genetic processes such as genetic drift, non-random mating and different forms of selection and understand the connection between molecular processes in the geneome and evolutionary processes in populations and species
• Gained experience with internet resources on bioinformatics and how these can be used in research
• Gained experience with statistical analysis of molecular data and interpretations of the results
• Know the principles of important molecular laboratoty methods and gained experience with relevant laboratory work.

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

PhD-candidates must register for BIOS9114.

The courses BIOS5114 and BIOS9114 have joint admission. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:

1. PhD candidates and master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.

2. Other PhD candidates and visiting PhD candidates.

3. Students with admission to single courses on master’s level and exchange students.

Applicants are ranked by credits in each group; all applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc. If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally.

Lectures and mandatory molecular lab/computer lessons. The course is given intensively. Mandatory course work must be approved before you can sit the final exam.

Attendance is mandatory for the first lecture. This also applies to those on the waiting list. You will lose your seat on the course if notice is not given to the student administration studieinfo@ibv.uio.no before the first lecture.

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Approved mandatory course work is valid for 5 years.

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Final written exam which counts 100 % towards the final grade.

Mandatory course work must be approved before you can sit the final exam.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: BIO4200 – Molecular Evolution (continued), BIO9200 – Molecular Evolution (continued), BIOS5114 – Molecular Evolution (continued), BIOS9114 – Molecular Evolution (continued) and BIOS9116 – Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.