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Course code: BBS10173o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Evolutionary
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Leonid Rekovets
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Students should know about evolutionary processes, rules and principals of organic evolution. Character of progress and evolutionary complexity of organisms and their assemblages in association with abiotic environment. Student will have practical knowledge on the Darvin’s theory, taxonomy, and phylogeny of organism. on directions of their adaptations and on dynamics of ecosystems in particular geological periods.
Competences: After completing the course students will know about evolutionary biology. This will allow students to continue studies in related fields, to carry out research or to be a teacher of biology.
Prerequisites: Geology, Palaeontology, Genetics, Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology, Botanic
Course content: External and internal mechanisms and evolutionary factors; rules and principals of the origin of life and biomes; modern views on the evolution of various levels of biome organisation; adaptive origin and ontogenesis, micro- and macroevolution.
Recommended literature: Kużnicki L. Urbanek A. Zasadu nauki o ewolucji. Tom I, II. Wyd. Nauk.Warszawa, 1967. Szarski H. Mechanizmy ewolucji. Panstw. Wyd-wo Naukowe. Warszawa, 1986. Dzik J. Dzieje życia na Ziemi. Wyd-wo Naukowe PAN. Warszawa, 2003. Weiner J. Zycie i ewolucja Biosfery. Wyd-wo Naukowe PAN. Warszawa, 1999. Szmalgauzen I.I Czynniki ewolucji. Wyd-wo Naukowe PAN. Warszawa, 1986. Krzanowska H. Zaris mechanizmów ewolucji. Warszawa. 1995. Jablokow A. Yusufow A. Ewolucyonnoje uczenije. Moskwa, 1981.
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory and lectures training, test exam after course, minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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