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VIII. Teaching methods
• Lectures
• Power point presentations
• Assignments, quiz
• Group tasks, student’s presentations
IX. Learning Outcome
Students will be well versed with basics of variations and molecular diversity
analyses
X. Suggested Reading
Cutter AD. 2019. 
A Primer of Molecular Population Genetic
. Oxford University Press.
Hartl DL and Clark AG. 2006. 
Principles of Population Genetics
, 4th Ed. Sinauer Associates,
Sunderland, MA.
Matthew B. Hamilton. 2009. 
Population Genetics
, 1st Ed. Wiley-Blackwell.
Matthew W. Hahn. 2018. 
Molecular Population Genetics
, Oxford University Press.
Casillas S and Barbadilla A. 2017. 
Molecular Population, Genetics
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: 1003–1035.
I. Course Title
: Plant Taxonomy, Ecogeography and Ecology
II. Course Code
: PGR 606
III. Credit Hours
: 2(1+1)
IV. Why this course ?
Students need to understand all the recent advances in plant taxonomy for
understanding crop evolution and future prospects with respect to variable ecologies.
V. Aim of the course
To educate students about interdisciplinary scientific study of the distributions,
abundance and relations of organisms and their interactions with the environment,
and the study of ecosystems. To provide information on ecogeographic surveys,
sampling strategies and legal issues involved in germplasm collecting. To teach
taxonomic databases and documentation systems.
VI. Theory
Unit I
Origin and diversity of life, speciation, biosystematics, basic elements of plant
ecology, ecological components, population ecology- populations and life history,
growth and limits. Community ecology- species interactions, role of interactions
and structure.
Unit II
Ecosystems- concept of ecosystems, ecological balance, vegetation dynamics,
productivity and nutrient cycling. Conservation ecology, seed ecology, nature
conservation and environmental management, ecosystem restoration, biogeography
and evolution. Biodiversity functioning- genetic adaptations, population irruptions/
crisis in nature, community change and ecosystem regulation. Biodiversity
conservation-geographical patterns in biodiversity, habitat fragmentation and
conservation areas. Biodiversity management and exploitation-biodiversity resources

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and their harvesting, impact of physical and biotic factors on sustainability- case
studies, impact of biotic and climatic factors on biomes and biodiversity- pollution
and over-exploitation.