PřF:Bi2090 Verteb. phylog. & divers. - Course Information
Bi2090 Vertebrate phylogeny and diversity
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2017
- Extent and Intensity
- 3/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Řehák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- 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 - Timetable
- Mon 20. 2. to Mon 22. 5. Mon 17:00–19:50 B11/306
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( Bi2080 Histology and organology && Bi1030 Inverteb. phylog. & divers. && Bi1030c Inverteb. phyl. & divers. -pr. )&&( Bi2090c Verteb. phyl. & divers. - pr. ||NOW( Bi2090c Verteb. phyl. & divers. - pr. ))&&(!NOW( Bi2000 Anim. phylog. & divers. ))||SOUHLAS
- 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 with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB, specialization Botany)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB, specialization Zoology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Course objectives
- Chordata, characteristics, relationships, ancestry and evolution. Urochordata, tunicate larvae, adult Ascidiacea, Thaliacea and Copelata. Cephalochordata, morphology, ontogeny and ecology. Vertebrata, characteristics and system. Vertebrate anatomy, ecology, behaviour and phylogeny. Jawless vertebrates, fossils and living Myxini and Petromyzones. Vertebrates with jaws, Gnathostomata, characteristics and system. Fossil fish-like gnathostomes and living Chondrichthyes. Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii incl. Aves and Mammalia. Morphology, ecology, behaviour and system of recent vertebrate groups.
- Syllabus
- - Chordata, characteristics, relationships, ancestry and evolution. - Urochordata, tunicate larvae, adult Ascidiacea, Thaliacea and Copelata. - Cephalochordata, morphology, ontogeny and ecology. New discoveries of cambrian cephalochordates. - Vertebrata (Craniata), characteristics, higher taxa, comparative anatomy, ecology, behaviour, vertebrate phylogeny. - Fossil jawless vertebrates, hagfishes and lampreys. - Vertebrates with jaws, Gnathostomata, characteristics and higher taxa. Alternative classifications: "Pisces" and Tetrapoda, Anamnia and Amniota. Cladistic approach. - Primarily aquatic fossil gnathostomes and living Chondrichthyes. - Actinopterygii and aquatic Sarcopterygii, morphology, ecology, behaviour and system. - Tetrapoda: Fossil groups and living Lissamphibia, morphology, ecology, behaviour and system. - Tetrapoda: Amniota - morphology, ecology, behaviour and system. - Aves - morphology, ecology, behaviour, system, domestic birds. - Mammalia - morphology, ecology, behaviour, system.
- Literature
- Roček, Zbyněk. Historie obratlovců. Evoluce, fylogeneze, systém. - Academia, 2002. 512 s.
- GAISLER, Jiří and Jan ZIMA. Zoologie obratlovců (Vertebrate Zoology). 2. přepracované. Praha: Academia, 2007, p. 1-692. ISBN 978-80-200-1484-9. info
- ZRZAVÝ, Jan. Fylogeneze živočišné říše. 1. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 2006, 255 s. ISBN 8086960080. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Assessment methods
- spring semester, weekly, 2 written tests, 1 oral examination
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Bi0260 Taxonomy, phylogenetics and zoological nomenclature
Bi1030&&Bi2090 - Bi0270 Ornithology
(Bi2090||Ex_3927) - Bi0999 Molecular ecology
(Bi1030 && Bi2090 && Bi3060 && Bi4010 && Bi7900 && Bi7150) || souhlas - Bi2000 Animal phylogeny and diversity
(!Bi2090&&!Bi1030)&&(!NOW(Bi2090)&&!NOW(Bi1030))&&(!B2090&&!B1030&&!B5060&&!B4150) - Bi2090c Vertebrate phylogeny and diversity - practical course
NOW(Bi2090) - Bi2140 Field practice in zoology
((Bi1030 && (Bi2090||now(Bi2090)) || Bi2000) && !Bi4360) || souhlas - Bi4001 Advances in vertebrate research (seminar) I
Bi2090||souhlas - Bi4360 Field practice in zoology
Bi1030 && (Bi2090||now(Bi2090)) && !Bi2140&& !Bi4360 - Bi5831 Bachelor thesis of ecological and evolutionary biology I
(Bi1030) && (Bi2090) && (Bi1090) && (Bi2030) && (Bi5080) && (JA001 || JA002 || JA001A)
- Bi0260 Taxonomy, phylogenetics and zoological nomenclature
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2017, recent)
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