| Course title | Phylogenetics |
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| Course code | KZO/595 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Frequency of the course | In academic years starting with an odd year (e.g. 2017/2018), in the summer semester. |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Content of lectures: History of the phylogenetics, era of gerontocracy, origin and crises of the numerical taxonomy. Origin of the cladistics, numerical cladistics, "pattern-cladistics", extinction of the traditional "evolutionary taxonomy" (Mayr, Simpson et al.). Molecular phylogenetics, phenetic, cladistic, and probabilistic" trends. Cladistic theory, homology, homoplasy, character conflict and parsimony, synapomorphy. Monophyly, polyphyly and paraphyly, sister groups, ancestor-descendant. Character coding, character polarity. Tree-building algorithms, bootstrapping, jackinfing, Bremer support, PTP, DD etc. Alternatives to the parsimony: compatibility analysis, "maximum likelihood", Bayesian analysis, "three-taxon statements"; character weighting; consensus tree, supertree. Molecular systematics - alignment, coding of indels. Phylogeny and its evolutionary interpretations: species and speciations, phylogeny and ontogeny. Phylogeny and paleontology. Historical biogeography. Evolution of ecological and behavioral characters, historical ecology. Phylogenetics and formal classification. Content of practices:
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The graduate is able to apply general methodology as well as technology of the phylogenetics and biological systematics
The graduate is able to apply general methodology of phylogenetics and biological systematics |
| Prerequisites |
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no prerequisites
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral examination
to achieve a min. 60 % score in interview |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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