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'Parallel evolution of trophic traits in stickleback' - BIOL 396 Undergraduate Research Project Application Form

INSTRUCTIONS - PROFESSORS: Please print and review this form. Complete or correct the sections, as applicable, from "Supervisor's Name" to "Ethics, safety, and training". Please sign and date near the bottom ("Supervisor's signature").

INSTRUCTIONS - STUDENTS: You may receive this form by email, or you may download it after it has been posted here. Either way, print and review this form. Complete or correct the sections, from "Student's Name" to "Student's Level", and sign ("Student signature"). Ask your supervisor to sign her/his section near the bottom. Take it to the department* corresponding to the course number in Section A; this may or may not be your own department. (* EXCEPTIONS: For NSCI 396 and COGS 396, please bring it to the Interdisciplinary Programs Adviser in Dawson Hall.) Do not register for a '396' course on Minerva until you receive departmental permission. Have a discussion with your supervisor about time/work expectations, keeping in mind that this is a 3-credit course (roughly, 10 hours per week for 12 weeks). Remember that a '396' course is an elective.

INSTRUCTIONS - DEPARTMENTS: After the unit chair/director/designate approves (or not) this project, please notify student. If approved, please give student permission to register on Minerva, and send a copy of this form (with signatures) to the Office for Undergraduate Research in Science (either fax, or internal mail to Dawson Hall 408-A, or PDF scan + email).

QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? Contact the Office for Undergraduate Research in Science.


Supervisor's Name: Andrew Hendry

Supervisor's Email: andrew [dot] hendry [at] mcgill [dot] ca

Supervisor's Phone: 00880

Supervisor's Website: http://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/hendry/

Supervisor's department: Redpath Museum

Course number: BIOL 396 (Biology)

Term: Winter 2012-2013

Project start date: Monday, January 7, 2013

Project end date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Project title: Parallel evolution of trophic traits in stickleback

Project description: The student will test for parallel evolution of stickleback trophic morphology. In particular, she will test whether lake and stream stickleback fish diverge in gill raker number in a manner that is similar in different watersheds. As the lake-stream population pairs in different watershed have different evolutionary origins, this analysis will inform us of the repeatability of evolution. The specific task involves the dissection of stickleback and the counting and measurement of their gill rakers.

Prerequisite: 1 term completed at McGill + CGPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of instructor.

Grading scheme (The final report must be worth at least 50% of final grade): 50 participation. 50 final report

Project status: This project is taken. The professor has no more '396' projects this term.

How students can apply: N/A; this project is filled.

Ethics, safety, and training: Supervisors are responsible for the ethics and safety compliance of undergraduate students. This project involves animal subjects.

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Student's signature - I have not applied for another '396' course in this term:


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