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Comparative cytotaxonomy of vertebrates - MB170P42
Title: Srovnávací cytotaxonomie obratlovců
Czech title: Srovnávací cytotaxonomie obratlovců
Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2006
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. Ing. Petr Ráb, DrSc., dr. h. c.
Annotation -
Last update: JPROKOP (24.05.2007)
Please note, the lectures are given in czech language only.
3 lectures is intended to introduce the evolution of higher genome architecture of vertebrates - chromosomes and
chromosomal characteristics. Beside basic and necessary knowledge regarding the vertebarte genomes, lectures are to
review cytotaxonomic data avalibale for particular vertebarte groups (at familial level or at specific or genus level in
interesting/and or evolutionary important groups) and to describe main types of chromosomal rearrangements differentiating
karyotypes, their molecular background and ti provide review of recent views to mechanisms and processes of chromosome
change and speciation in vertebrates
Literature -
Last update: JPROKOP (24.05.2007)
Journals:
Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Genetica, Chromosome Research, Cytogenetics and Genome Research

Books:
King M: Species evolution. The role of chromosome change (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993).

Mayr E: Animal species and evolution (Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1963).

Chiarelli, E., Capanna, E. (eds (1973) Cytotaxonomy and Vertebrate Evolution, Academic Press, London.

Gregory, T.R., The evolution of the genome. (Elsevier, Academic Press, 2005)

Requirements to the exam - Czech
Last update: Ing. Jindřiška Peterková (17.04.2012)

Podmínkou pro úspěšné složení zkoušky je znalost látky v rozsahu přednášek.

Syllabus -
Last update: JPROKOP (24.05.2007)

1. Vertebrate genome, chromosome and cell dynamics, history of chromosome research, methods in chromosomology, information value of chromosome data in phylogeny

2. Prevertebrate groups, increasing genome size

3. Lampreys, hagfishes and sharks, skates and rays - polyploidy, one of the main evolutionary mechanism

4. Fishes - latimeria and primitive frogs, dipnoans, bichirs, sturgeons and garrs - microchromosomes and their eveolutioanry persistence

5. Unsexual vertebrate systems - modes of reproduction, biology, taxonomy and nomeclature, reveiw of known cases

6. Fishes - four main radiation of actinopreygians, karyotype characteristics of lower and higher teleosteans

7. Amphibians - apodans, karyosystemtics of frog and toad groups, polyploidy, evolution of African Xenopus

8 . Amphibians - cytogenetics of newts, giant genomes, European Triturus

9. Reptiles - cytogenetics of all main lineages (hateria, lizards, snakes, crocodiles, turtles), karyotypes with microchromosomes, reptile-bird cytotaxonomy

10. Birds - karyosystematics of particular groups as exemplified in primitive (loons) and advanced (corvids) birds, cytogenetics of owls, abberations in chicken chromosomes

11. Echidnas, platypus and marsupials - sex chromosome systems, X chromosome inhibition, exotic sex chromosome systém in platypus

12. Placental mammals - diversita of karyotypes, karyotype and chromosome population variability (Sorex, Mus), karyotype differentiation trends, chromosome chnage and speciation, human cytogenetics as best studied mammal

13. Main theories of karyotype/chromosome evolution, heterotic rearrangements, speed of karyotype evolution, Quymsieh´s hypothesis.

 
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