Evolutionary Organismal Biology
Syllabus, Master's level, 1BG343
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 1BG343
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Biology A1N, Earth Science A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 15 April 2010
- Responsible department
- Biology Education Centre
Entry requirements
150 credits completed courses including alternative 1) 60 credits biology and 30 credits chemistry or 30 credits earth sciences ; alternative 2) 90 credits biology, alternative 3) 60 credits Geosciences including Principles of Palaebiology 10 credits.
Content
The course comprises examples from invertebrates and vertebrates, as well as overviews of underlying common principles. Topics include the basic bilaterian body plan and patterning, the evolution of the head, and the origin and evolution of paired appendages in vertebrates and arthropods. We address these topics from genomic, developmental, morphological and palaeontological perspectives within a phylogenetic framework where issues such as character polarity are taken into consideration.