ECOLOGICAL GENETICS ESSAY
INTRODUCTION
You will write an essay (2000 words maximum) on the ecological genetics of a particular species of your choice.
It is a summary of the primary (peer reviewed) literature of your species. You submit as a digital copy online via Turnitin.
Read widely on the species that interests you.
Identify the key ecological genetics questions that each paper focuses upon.
Identify whether there is a common thread of concepts.
If there are two or three concepts under study decide whether you are going to
cover all of them or just one.
SUGGESTED SPECIES/TAXA
Animals
Grey Wolf/Red Wolf
Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Bank Vole (Cleithronymus spp)
Humpback whale
Heliconius butterflies
Partula spp
Salmon (Salmo salar)
Anolis lizards
Peromyscus spp
Rhagoletis spp
Cichlids
Plants
Oenothera spp
Corymbia
Senecio spp
Spartina spp
Dubautia spp
Clarkia spp
Gilia lacinata or other Gilia spp
Quercus spp.
Helianthus spp
Alnus glutinosa
Ipomoea spp
