NCEP Exercise- Population Genetics: Diversity within versus among populations

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Primary or BEN resource type	Laboratory exercise
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Ecological Core Concept	Populations -- Genetic and phenotypic diversity Populations Applied ecology -- Conservation Applied ecology
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16
Pedagogical Use Description	The objectives of this exercise are to familiarize students with 1) the tools used to measure genetic diversity 2) the different ways diversity can be assessed (i.e. within or among populations), 3) what these measurements mean, and 4) the conservation implications of different results.
Keywords	NCEP, conservatoin, genetics, allele frequency, inbreeding, population genetics
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	J.P. Gibbs
Primary Author Affiliation	State University of New York
Primary Author email	biodiversity@amnh.org
Rights	Reproduction of this material is authorized by the recipient institution for non-profit/non-commercial educational use and distribution to students enrolled in course work at the institution. Copyright 2004, by the authors of the material, with license for use granted to the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation of the American Museum of Natural History. All rights reserved.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2009-03-23

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