PřF:F7010 Molecular aspects of evolution - Course Information
F7010 Molecular aspects of evolution
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: graded credit. Other types of completion: zk (examination), k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Milan Bezděk, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Josef Humlíček, CSc.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Milan Bezděk, CSc. - Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of biophysics, molecular biology, genetics
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biophysics (programme PřF, M-FY)
- Course objectives
- The theory of organic evolution forms a unifying idea of biology and lies in the background of scientific understanding of the relation between live and non-live nature.
The thermodynamics of the non-linear processes, molecular biology and the knowledge on the processes of molecular self-organising support and enhance the darwinistic interpetation of evolutionary mechanisms.
The goal of this course is to provide the students with the ability to
- define and describe fundamental ideas in theory of organic evolution
- apply the conclusions from thermodynamics of nonlinear systems to processes of molecular self-organisation
- analyse the particular aspects of the extended Darwinian interpretation of evolution. - Syllabus
- The fact of evolution; organic evolution as a part of evolution of the universe. Speculations on origins of life on the Earth. Transition from non-living to living forms; world of proteins/world of RNA/ world of DNA; the origin of first replicators; co-evolution of the genetic information and proteosynthesis. Paradigm of Darwinism and Lamarckism. Dynamics and evolution of genomes: genomes as generators of their inherent variability; modular structure of genomes and proteins; horizontal transfer of genetic information, symbiosis. Origins of genetic variability in populations; the role of random and non-random changes in evolution. Genetic and epigenetic processes. Phylogenesis and ontogenesis. The role of catastrophic events in evolution; is organic evolution reproducible?
- Literature
- LEWIN, Benjamin. Genes VI. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997, xviii, 126. ISBN 0192690655. info
- Molecular biology of the cell. Edited by Bruce Alberts. 3rd ed. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994, xliii, 129. ISBN 0-8153-1619-4. info
- ROSYPAL, Stanislav. Úvod do molekulární biologie. D 2. 1. vyd. Brno: Stanislav Rosypal, 1996, S: 308-535. info
- Přehled biologie. Edited by Stanislav Rosypal. 2. uprav. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 1994, 635 s., ba. ISBN 80-85827-32-8. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures with active cooperation and discussion from the students.
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam or credit.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, recent)
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