[Plsugs] NEW COURSE - Insect Systematics

[Quist, Tanya M - (tquist)]

Consider enrolling in ENTO 417/517 Insect Systematics this Fall!
This course is a four-unit lecture/lab course is offered at both the graduate and undergraduate level, cross listed as ECOL 417/517 and EIS 417/517
See the attached flyer for more details.

By the end of the course students should be able to:

  *   Label a generalized hexapod diagram with external anatomy terms.
  *   Name and sight-identify all hexapod orders and common local families.
  *   Teach others to collect, preserve, and curate hexapod specimens and describe why this process is important.
  *   Describe how species and other taxa are named and described.
  *   Teach others how to read a phylogenetic tree, what kinds of data are used to estimate trees, how those data are analyzed, and what it means to be monophyletic.
  *   Draw a phylogenetic tree of relationships between hexapod orders.
  *   Describe key innovations and life history strategies of major hexapod lineages
  *   Teach others how to use an identification key and other methods of insect identification.
  *   Name and briefly describe recent developments in insect biodiversity research, e.g., biodiversity informatics, DNA barcoding, ancient DNA, Next Gen Sequencing.
  *   Describe how and why hexapods inform us about biodiversity and influence our conservation decisions.
  *   Teach others the importance of voucher specimens in biological sciences.
  *   Teach others why the field of systematics is important.


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Wendy Moore
Associate Professor and Curator
Department of Entomology
University of Arizona
1140 E. South Campus Dr., Forbes 410
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0036 USA

520.878.6602 (phone)
520.621.2847 (lab phone)
520.621.1150 (fax)
wmoore at email.arizona.edu

http://www.moorearthropods.com/
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