On the Evolution and Ecology - MB162P44

• Title: On the Evolution and Ecology
• Czech title: Evoluce a ekologie
• Guaranteed by: Department of Ecology (31-162)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023 to 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:3/2, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Explanation: bude vyučováno od nové akreditace
• Guarantor: prof. Mgr. Lukáš Kratochvíl, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: RNDr. Jana Rubešová, Ph.D. (07.02.2022)

The course On the Evolution and Ecology expands the biological concepts beyond the level of the individual and
focuses on the evolutionary basis of the recent snapshot of biological diversity. Individual species will be perceived
as a product of long term evolution under complex constraints, including the ecological and ethological ones. The
course will benefit from the information base provided in the first year and use it in the higher hierarchical level of
biological complexity. The individuals will be an actors in the play of life which is complex, mutually
interconnected, combining biotic and abiotic factors, nowadays highly affected by our civilization. General
knowledge from the first year will be challenged by the diversity of adaptations reflecting the evolution,
developmental constrains and particular ecological limits.

The course On the Evolution and Ecology will set the stage for follow-up courses, particularly Biological
techniques. The course will follow the prerequisite From molecules to cells and From cells to organisms.

The course is built from topical blocks (see Syllabus) each of them consisting of lecture (3h) and workshop focused
on primary literature as a Q&A session (2h).

Literature

Last update: RNDr. Jana Rubešová, Ph.D. (08.06.2022)

1. Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems, 5th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1119279358 2021

2. Ecology: Concepts and Applications, 8th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1260085150 2018

3. Evolution, 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1605356051 2017

4. Evolution, Second Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0393690118 2019

5. Genetics: Genes, genomes, and evolution, 978-0198712558 2017

6. Lecture notes

7. Pre-recorded lectures

8. Problem sets

Requirements to the exam

Last update: RNDr. Jana Rubešová, Ph.D. (07.02.2022)

Final mark is based on the oral examination (67%) and results of tests taken during the course (33%). Oral examination takes place during the examination period and students must first obtain the evaluation for Q&A sessions, workshops and take-home exercises.

Syllabus

Last update: RNDr. Jana Rubešová, Ph.D. (07.02.2022)

Principles and concepts of evolution

Principles and concepts of ecology

Principles and concepts of ethology

Reproduction from the evolutionary point of view

Concept of species, tree of life

Evolutionary strategies

Host pathogen interaction as a driver of evolution

Genomes - evolutionary perspective

Human evolution - from LUCA to Homo sapiens sapiens

Variability of selected morphological and physiological adaptations

History of Earth, its global dynamics

GAIA concept?