Numbering Code	G-AGR02 5BA50 LJ80	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, First semester
Number of Credits	1	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	ISAGI YUUJI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	With understanding in the current state of biodiversity inhabiting and growing in forests, knowledge necessary for proper conservation, especially genetic knowledge, is to be acquired.
Course Goals	Understanding in the situation of biodiversity and the evaluation procedure. Understand in basic population genetics. Understand the methods in genetic analysis required for the proper conservation of biodiversity.
Schedule and Contents	1. Current state of biodiversity and the evaluation procedure (2 lectures) Realities and current state of biodiversity in various ecosystems will be explained with actual examples. 2. Population genetics and population genomics (3 lectures) Knowledge in population genetics, theory of population genomics, and assessment methods required in understanding and conserving biodiversity will be explained. 3. Proper conservation of biodiversity based on genetic information (2 lectures) The methods in the conservation of biodiversity utilizing genetic information will be explained with actual examples.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Based on attendance and term paper. Grading criteria and achievement are based on [Grading Criteria and Achievement] described in the “2017 Guide to Degree Program, Graduate School of Agriculture.”
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students are required to study the contents of elementary population genetics in prior, such as the books referred to as reference.
References, etc.	Yuji ISAGI and Yoshihisa SUYAMA, "A Book of DNA Written by Ecologists (in Japanese)" Bun-Ichi SoGo Shuppan, ISBN:978-4-8299-6522-1; Tadashi MIYASHITA, Yuji ISAGI, and Satoshi CHIBA, "Biodiversity and Ecology (in Japanese)" Asakura Publishing, ISBN:978-4-254-17150-1