PřF:F7010 Molecular aspects of evolution - Course Information
F7010 Molecular aspects of evolution
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: graded credit.
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Milan Bezděk, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Vladimír Vetterl, DrSc.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Milan Bezděk, CSc. - Timetable
- Wed 10:00–11:50 BFU
- 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
- Theory of organic evolution represents a unifying idea of biology and fundamentals of the understanding of relations between living and nonliving nature. Thermodynamics of nonlinear processes, molecular biology and our understanding of principles of selforganisation extend 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
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Přednášky s aktivním diskusním podílem studentů. Ústní zkouška nabo zápočet. Předmět je možno ukončit i mimo zkouškové období.
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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