Title: Novel applications of molecular genetic markers and
populationgenetic theory in population ecology and resource
management. 

Presenter: Kim Scribner, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife,Michigan
State University, 132 Natural Resources Building 

Abstract: The recent proliferation and greater accessiblity
ofmolecular genetic markers has led to a growing appreciation of
theecological and evolutionary inferences that can be drawn from
genetic characterization of individuals and populations.  Work in
mylaboratory is directed toward the use of a variety of
moleculargenetic markers as indirect sources of inference at the
individual, population, or ecosystem levels.  Emphasis is placed
oninterdisciplinary training in general areas of population
andbehavioral ecological theory, population genetics, molecular
biology,evolution, and conservation biology.  Projects involve the use
ofmolecular markers for the study of population genetic structure,
geneflow, paternity, behavioral ecology, and
populationdemography. Emphasis in placed on managed or exploited
populations andin the area of Conservation Biology.