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Use of Genetic Tools to Answer
Ecological Questions
Summer 2003
Biochemical genetic techniques such as allozyme electrophoresis, restriction
fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, DNA sequencing, and
microsatellite analysis have proven to be quite useful for answering
a wide variety of ecological questions. Our cluster will examine the
application of such techniques in the investigation of biogeography,
conservation genetics, dispersal, behavior, and systematics of organisms
occupying human-dominated landscapes. Model organisms to be used include
plants, small mammals, and aquatic invertebrates. The focus of cluster
activities will be the ways in which these genetic techniques provide
insight for understanding the distributions of organisms across the
landscape.
- Effects of social group size in mating behavior in Prairie
Voles -- Charety Crowe (Miami University) & Dr.
Brian Keane
- Residents or Visitors: Parentage of Juvenile Prairie Voles
(Microtus ochrogaster) in the Kansas Population -- Fujiko
Duke (Miami University) & Dr.
Nancy Solomon
- Genetic diversity of fluted-shell mussels (Lasmigona
costata) in the Lake Erie and Ohio River watersheds --
Jessica Hoisington (Miami University) & Dr.
Dave Berg
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