Introduction to study of plant evolution and diversity - MB120P23
Title: Úvod do studia evoluce a diverzity rostlin
Guaranteed by: Department of Botany (31-120)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2016
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: cancelled
Language: Czech
Additional information: http://ibot.sav.sk/usr/Karol/teaching_mat.html
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Karol Marhold, DrSc.
Is incompatible with: MB120P153E, MB120P153
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Annotation -
Please note, the lectures are given in Czech language. English version of the course can be requested in advance if there are at least 3 students. Aim of the lecture is to provide an overview of basic methodical approaches in taxonomy and to show their application, based on practical examples from literature. Special attention is paid to the basic terminology of taxonomy, classification of polyploid complexes, evaluation of molecular and morphological data, formal presentation of the results of taxonomical work and to some problems of botanical nomenclature
Last update: Kubátová Gabriela, PhDr., Ph.D. (13.04.2006)
Literature -

Stuessy, T.F., 2009: Plant taxonomy. The Systematic evaluation of comparative data. Ed. 2. Columbia University Press, New York.

Stuessy, T.F., 1990: Plant taxonomy. The Systematic evaluation of comparative data. Columbia University Press, New York.

Stuessy, T. F., 1994: Case studies in plant taxonomy. Columbia University Press, New York.

Stace, C.A., 1991: Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Stebbins, G.L., 1971: Chromosomal evolution in higher plants. E. Arnold, New York.

Greuter W. et al., eds. 2000: International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code).

Papers in journals Taxon, Systematic Botany, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Mycotaxon, Folia Geobotanica, Preslia.

Last update: Fér Tomáš, Mgr., Ph.D. (22.04.2012)
Requirements to the exam -

oral examination

Last update: Marhold Karol, prof. RNDr., DrSc. (03.11.2011)
Syllabus -

Position of taxonomy in biological sciences; history of taxonomy; delimitation of taxa; evolutionary relationships; species, subspecies, variety, forma; different approaches to infraspecific classification; taxonomical studies (Marhold)

Taxonomic publications as a source of information and as a product of taxonomic research I. Bibliographies, distribution atlases, identification keys, Index Herbariorum, chromosome number surveys (Marhold)

Taxonomic publications as a source of information and as a product of taxonomic research II. Floras, checklists, monographs (Marhold)

Herbaria, their role in biodiversity studies, basic rules of work in herbarium (Štěpánek)

Botanical nomenclature, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, alternative approaches to botanical nomenclature (Marhold)

Multivariate morphometrics, geometrical morphometrics, reconstruction of evolution, building of phylogenetic trees (Marhold)

Cytotaxonomy, karyology, cytogenetics (history, questions, methods) I (Suda)

  • data in cytotaxonomy (chromosome numbers, karyotypes, meiotic behaviour, genome size, banding)
  • methods (squashes, specific staining, FISH, GISH)

Cytotaxonomy, karyology, cytogenetics (history, questions, methods) I (Suda)

  • flow cytometry (methods, history, comparison of plant and animal flow cytometry, advantages, disadvantages)
  • questions addressed by FCM (taxon delimitation, hybridisation, cytogeography, reproduction modes)
  • case studies

Molecular approaches in biodiversity studies, in taxonomy and reconstruction of evolution I (Fér)

  • methods (isozymes, RAPD, AFLP, microsatellites, sequences) and their application in phylogenetic, hybridisation, polyploid and phylogeographic studies

Molecular approaches in biodiversity studies, in taxonomy and reconstruction of evolution I (Fér)

  • case studies

Last update: Fér Tomáš, Mgr., Ph.D. (22.04.2012)