PřF:GA381 Evolutionary theories - Course Information
GA381 Outline of evolutionary theories
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2021
The course is not taught in Spring 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences 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
- there are 38 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Main objectivies can be summarized as follows: to understand of the basics of the evolutionary studies; to understand the terminology used in evolutionary biology.
- Learning outcomes
- Atthe end of the course, students will be familiar with basic overview of the evolutionary theories (darwinism, neodarwinism, evolutionary synthsis; punctuated equilibrium).
- Syllabus
- Pre-Darwinists
- Darwinism
- Neodarwinism
- Evolutionary synthesis
- Punctuated equilibrium
- Literature
- FREEMAN, Scott and Jon C. HERRON. Evolutionary analysis. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2001, xvi, 704. ISBN 013017291X. info
- BEGON, Michael, John L. HARPER and Colin R. TOWNSEND. Ekologie : jedinci, populace a společenstva. Translated by Bronislava Grygová - Barbara Köberleová - Zdeněk Brandl. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1997, xxiv, 949. ISBN 8070676957. info
- CARROLL, Robert Lynn. Patterns and processes of vertebrate evolution. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, xvi, 448. ISBN 0521472326. info
- POKORNÝ, Vladimír. Všeobecná paleontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1992, 296 s. ISBN 80-7066-585-8. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam (colloquium).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2020/2021.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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