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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Content of lectures: 1. Evolution 2. Selection 3. Genetics of adaptation 4. Mobile elements 5. Gene and genome duplications 6. Reproductive isolation 7. Speciation with gene flow 8. Sexual reproduction 9. Asexual reproduction 10. Evolution of two sexes 11. Sexual conflict 12. Unisexual reproduction 13. Sex determination
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
- Preparation for exam
- 20 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 20 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 20 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course is focused on genetic basis of evolutionary processes and factors affecting them.
The student will acquire an understanding of evolutionary processes, their underlying genetic basis, and factors affecting them
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Prerequisites
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Enrolling students should have a pre-existing grounding in genetics (as taught in KMB/240)
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Essay
Student has to score at least 70% in the final examination to pass
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Recommended literature
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Sussman H.E. and Smit M.A. 2006 Genomes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York, USA.
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Hartl D.L., Clark A.G. Principles of population genetics, 4th edition. 2007. ISBN 978-0-87893-308-2.
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Zimmer C., Emlen D.J. Evolution: Making sense of Life, 2nd edition. 2016. ISBN 978-1-936221-55-4.
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