PřF:Bi9020 Evolutionary plant cytogenet. - Course Information
Bi9020 Evolutionary and comparative plant cytogenetics
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2011 - acreditation
The information about the term Autumn 2011 - acreditation is not made public
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Mgr. Martin Lysák, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. Mgr. Martin Lysák, Ph.D., DSc. - Prerequisites
- Basics of cytogenetics and molecular biology.
- 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
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Botany)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Course objectives
- The course is providing an overview of the structure of eukaryotic genomes, with a special focus on plant genomes on the level of chromosomes. The lectures will cover genome size variation and evolution across the plant kingdom, chromosome structure (heterochromatin, centromeres,...), ancient and recent whole-genome duplications, mechanisms of chromosome rearrangements, chromosome and genome collinearity, karyotype evolution and other related topics. The up-to-date findings in the field of plant molecular cytogenetics will be presented including crucial cytogenetic and molecular techniques (karyotyping, FISH, GISH, multicolour chromosome painting, high-troughput sequencing technologies,...). At the end of this course, students should gain an overview of the latest development in plant evolutionary and comparative cytogenetics, and to understand the role of chromosomal changes in the evolution of land plants.
- Syllabus
- 1. Genome size (GS) variation and evolution. C-value paradox. C-value enigma: genome obesity and downsizing. GS variation in the phylogenetic context.
- 2. Chromatin, chromosome structure and "special" chromosomes. Repetitive DNA. Heterochromatin. Epigenetic modifications of heterochromatin. Centromeres. B chromosomes. Gametocidal chromosomes.
- 3. Whole-genome duplications. Paleo-, meso- and neopolyploidy. Diploidization. Polyploidy and speciation.
- 4. Meiosis and recombination. Chromosome pairing and segregation. Double-strand break repair and misrepair.
- 5. Chromosomal structural mutations (translocations, inversions etc.).
- 6. Karyotype evolution. Mechanisms of karyotypic changes. Evolutionary trends in chromosome number variation.
- 7. The role of chromosome rearrangements in speciation. Recombinational speciation model.
- 8. Genome and chromosome synteny and collinearity.
- 9. Comparative and evolutionary cytogenetics in the post-genomic era. Plant cytotaxonomy and phylogenomics.
- 10. Molecular cytogenetic techniques.
- Literature
- LEVIN, Donald A. The role of chromosomal change in plant evolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, vii, 230 s. ISBN 0-19-513859-7. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures (Powerpoint presentation), class discussion
- Assessment methods
- The course is running throughout a semester or organized as a block of lectures spread over four to five days. A written test and/or an oral exam (according to the number or participants) has to be successfully filled in at the end of the course. Autumn 2009: student are supposed to attend the course by Prof. I. Schubert (IB013 Classical & Molecular Cytogenetics – Selected Topics).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011 - acreditation, recent)
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