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Lecturer(s)
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Nedvěd Oldřich, prof. RNDr. CSc.
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Sládeček František, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: Origin of animals: Choanoflagellata and Metazoa. Recent classification and views on phylogenetic relationships among animal phyla. Characteristics of body plan, ecology and physiology of the following higher taxa, and their lower members, important representatives: Porifera (=Silicispongea+Calcispongea); Placozoa; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Xenoturbellida; Cephalorhyncha (=Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera), Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Tardigrada, Arthropoda; Plathelminthes; Syndermata (= Rotifera + Acanthocephala); Micrognathozoa; Cycliophora; Gnathostomulida; Gastrotricha; Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Nemertea, Mollusca, Annelida; Protostomia versus Deuterostomia: Hemichordata, Echinodermata.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Class attendance
- 42 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 9 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Fundamentals of biology of important animal taxa (chordates excluded), their phylogenetic relationships and systematics, body plan, functions in ecosystems, significance for humans. Overview of common and important representatives of world and Czech fauna.
Students know the properties of animals excluding chordates, their morphology, physiology and relationship to the natural environment and to human activities.
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Prerequisites
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Basic course that does not require previous special knowledge.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Oral examination lasting about 30 minutes, two of published 30 questions related to systematics, physiology and ecology of invertebrates are drawn.
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Recommended literature
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Anderson D.T., 1998: Invertebrate zoology. Oxford University Press.
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Buchar J. 1997: Stručný přehled zoologie bezobratlých. Skriptum. PřF UK, Praha.
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Motyčka V., Roller Z., 2001: Svět zvířat - Bezobratlí1. Albatros, Praha.
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Papáček M. a kol. 2000: Zoologie. Scientia, Praha.
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Rosypal S. a kol. 1992: Fylogeneze, systém a biologie organismů. SPN, Praha.
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Rosypal S. a kol. 2003: Nový přehled biologie. Scientia, Praha.
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Rupert E. E., Barnes R. D. 1994: Invertebrate Zoology. (6. ed. ) Saunders Coll. Publ., Fort Worth, Philadeplphia, etc.
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Anderson D.T. Invertebrate Zoology. Australia, 1999. ISBN 978-0195513684.
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Burda, H., Hilken, G., & Zrzavý, J. Systematische Zoologie.. Stuttgart, 2008. ISBN 978-3825231194.
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Jan Zrzavý. Fylogeneze živočišné říše. Praha, 2006. ISBN 978-80-86960-08-1.
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