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Course code: BHS10047f11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: BASIC OF EVOLUTIONARY
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 60
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: Paleontology, evolutionary geology, invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology
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 training and lecture Minimum 60% of knowledge to pass
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