PřF:BA260 Taxonomy - Course Information

BA260 Taxonomy and systematics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

3/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Rozkošný, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

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

Biology - Museology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Zoology)
Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)

Syllabus

Taxonomy, systematics and nomenclature. Typological, nominalistic and biological species concept. Biological classification, taxonomic characters and their sorting, evaluation and coding. Polarity of characters, synapomorphy and symplesiomorphy, cladogram construction. Weighting of characters, optimalization, effect of missing characters and parsimony. Similarity and relationship. Rules of zoological nomenclature.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.