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Course, academic year 2023/2024
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Evolutionary Biology - OD0102115
Title: Evoluční biologie
Guaranteed by: Katedra biologie a environmentálních studií (41-KBES)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2018
Semester: both
E-Credits: 2
Hours per week, examination: 0/0, other [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (20)
summer:unknown / unknown (20)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Vasilis Teodoridis, Ph.D. (21.10.2018)
The graduate of this fundamental course has a basic knowledge of the (micro)evolutionary mechanisms (selection, drift), origin of the evolutionary novelties, relations of development and evolution, relations of biological and cultural evolution, adaptations, and anthropological applications of the evolutionary biology
Literature - Czech
Last update: doc. RNDr. Vasilis Teodoridis, Ph.D. (14.08.2017)

·         Dawkins R. 1998: Sobecký gen. Mladá fronta.

·         Ridley M. 1993: Evolution. Blackwell.

·         Ridley M. 1999: Červená královna. Mladá fronta.

·         Ridley M. 2000: Původ ctností. Portál.

Zrzavý et al. 2004: Jak se dělá evoluce. Paseka.

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Vasilis Teodoridis, Ph.D. (21.10.2018)

1. Evolutionary theory, evolution and science, evolution and probability, evolution and history
2. Evidence of evolution
3. Adaptation
4. Selection
5. Evolutionarily stable strategies and origin of the cooperation
6. Evolution and genetics, selfish gene, extended phenotype
7. Gene conflict
8. Altruism and group and kin selection
9. Genetic drift, neutral evolution
10. Lamarckism, epigenetics, phenotype plasticity
11. Sex and evolution

Course completion requirements -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Vasilis Teodoridis, Ph.D. (21.10.2018)

Written examination

 
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