Bi9180 Evolutionary dynamics of vertebrates

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Ivan Horáček, 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: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Řehák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
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
Course objectives
The course is intended to provide a detailed information on specificities of key transformations in history of vertebrates and their interretation in terms of structural and developmental biology and theier contextual (paleoecologic and paleogeographic) backgrounds. Based on acquired knowledge the student should be capable of deductions about sources of actual diversity of particular vertebrate clades (and diversity of their adaptations) and role of respective evolutionary mechanisms prodicing them.
Syllabus
  • 1. Setting of Chordata organisation and body plan. Alternative approaches in study of developmental and evolutionary mechanisms. Basic diversification of chordates, specificities of Craniata and their sources.
  • 2. Basal radiation of Craniata and setting of the organisation background of the subphylum: origin of head, skin, minalized tissues, transformation of branchial region, placodes and establishing basic epigenetic modules.
  • 3. Origin and early radiation of Gnathostomata. Integrated structural rearrangements and their variation. Chondrichthyes: history of the clade and its specificities.
  • 4. Osteognathostomata: background setting and alternatives of its transformations. Evolutionary dynamics of Actinopterygii.
  • 5. Osteognathostomata: Sarcopterygyii and origin of Tetrapoda.
  • 6. Tetrapoda: setting of basice divergences. Specificities of Lissamphibia.
  • 7. Amniota: evolution of amniote organisation, radical rearrangements of modular dynamics of early embryogenesis and developmental platform of the phylogenetic diversifications of amniote vertebrates.
  • 8. Sauropsida: developmental specificities and history of the clade. Lepidosauria, its organisation background and history.
  • 9. Archosauria: its organisation background and history. Evolution of Aves.
  • 10. Synapsida: setting of the clade and mechanisms of establishing the mammalian organisation.
Literature
  • Mickoleit, G. 2004: Phylogenetische Systematik der Wirbeltiere. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.
  • Benton, M. J. (2005), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd
  • Pough F.H. et al., 2009 : Vertebrate Life. 8th Ed. Benjamin Cummings.
  • GAISLER, Jiří and Jan ZIMA. Zoologie obratlovců (Vertebrate Zoology). 2. přepracované. Praha: Academia, 2007, p. 1-692. ISBN 978-80-200-1484-9. info
  • ROČEK, Zbyněk. Historie obratlovců : evoluce, fylogeneze, systém. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2002, 511 s. ISBN 8020008586. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with rich examples and demonstration of model items.
Assessment methods
Final exam with a written test and oral disputation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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