PřF:B8150 Evolutionary biology - Course Information

B8150 Evolutionary biology

Extent and Intensity

3/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Miloš Macholán, CSc. (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Řehák, Ph.D. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Řehák, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Miloš Macholán, CSc.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! B7210 Evol. biol. && ! B9270 Evol. biol.

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, M-BI)
• Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI)
• Biology - Museology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Botany)
• Biology - Museology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Zoology)
• General Biology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
• General Biology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physiology of Animals)
• General Biology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Microbiology)
• General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
• General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physiology of Animals)
• General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Microbiology)
• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
• Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)

Course objectives

History of evolutionary thinking, origin of life on Earth, deterministic and stochastic evolutionary mechanisms, molecular evolution, adaptation and natural selection, evolution of behaviour, origin and evolution of sex, speciation, macroevolution, phylogenesis and palaeontology, evolutionary ecology, evolution of humans.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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