Entry requirements

Molecular Biotechnology - Starting Course or Bioinformatics - Starting Course

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe how evolutionary processes at genome level, such as substitutions, duplications, deletions, gene transfers and sexual recombination, create variation within populations
• describe how evolutionary mechanisms such as genetic drift and selection influence the variation in different populations
• discuss organisms' genetics and function in relation to physical, environmental and population factors
• interpret phylogeny
• use biological knowledge when evaluating bioinformatic methods
• discuss social, ethical and scientific aspects of gene-modified organisms

Content

Population genetics and evolution theory; selection, adaptation, genetic drift, genetic flow, macroevolution. Phylogeny as a tool to illustrate and analyse evolution. Demonstrations in the field. Bioinformatic methods for the analysis of evolutionary processes. Seminar about gene-modified organisms.

Instruction

The teaching is given in the form of lectures and demonstrations, seminars and computer exercises.

Assessment

Written examination (3 credits), computer exercises and seminar (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.