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Explain why molecular (DNA) markers have improved the ablity of ecologists to study degrees of differentiation within and between species.
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Review the range of molecular markers that have been used in molecular ecology, stressing their advantages and disadvantages at different scales of resolution.
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Should the red wolf be conserved, or would that be a misguided waste of pubic money?
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Why are some plants more likely than others to be involved in arms races with their insect herbivores?
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Account for the decline in virulence of the myxomatosis virus in European rabbits after its inital introductions in Australia and Europe.
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Compare and contrast the mutualistic associations of ants with plants they protect and aphids they farm.
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Discuss the following propositions: 'Most herbivores are not really herbivores but consumers of the byproducts of the mutualists living in thier gut' and 'Must gut parasites are note really parasites but competitors with their hotes for food that the host has captured.'
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Compare the roles of fruits and nectar in the interactions between plants and the animals that visit them.
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What are mycorrhizas and what is their significance?
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Leguminous plants are a perfect example of a mutualistic association that can only be understood in the context of the ecoloical community within which is normally exists. Discuss.
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