1   Introduction, DNA isolation, PCR and DNA sequencing, basics in sequence data handling (lecturer Zuzana Starostová)
2   Next generation sequencing – introduction, short-read and long-read sequencing methods, assemblies (lecturer Radka Reifová)
3   How to read and make phylogenetic trees (lecturer Zuzana Starostová)
4   Use of molecular phylogetics in zoology (lecturer Zuzana Starostová)
5   Molecular phylogeography (lecturer Pavel Hulva)
6   Microsatellites and molecular identification of species, individuals and sex (lecturer Pavel Munclinger)
7   Population structure and paternity studies (lecturer Pavel Munclinger)
8   Next generation sequencing – applications: whole genome sequecing, exome sequencing, ddRAD sequencing, metagenomics (lecturer Radka Reifová)
9   Gene expression – quantitative PCR, expression microarrays, transcriptome sequencing and analysis, epigenomics (lecturer Radka Reifová)
10   Functional genetic variability: From SNP to selection (lecturer Michal Vinkler)
11   Cytogenetic methods and their application in zoology (lecturer František Šťáhlavský)

Practicals:
Day 1: computers - database search and basic DNA sequence data handling

Day 2: lab work - molecular method of sex determination in birds - DNA isolation, PCR, gel electrophoresis