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Mechanisms of evolution II

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Course ID:	1400-218ME2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Mechanisms of evolution II
Name in Polish:	Mechanizmy ewolucji II
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Biology
Course groups:	Requisite courses for the first year of completion studies in Biology
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Wiedza o ewolucji na poziomie studiów I stopnia (zob. wykład „Ewolucja”)
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The lecture offers an introduction to mechanisms of the evolution that act on supraorganismal levels. Types of natural selection: stabilizing selection, directional selection and disruptive selection are presented and the possible levels (units) of selection, from "selfish genes" to species, are critically discussed. The evolution of life strategies and species interactions is brought up in light of the evolutionary game theory. The speciation and macroevolutionary processes are explained. Finally, recent views on anthropogenesis and on evolutionary bases of sociology, psychology and medicine are outlined.
Full description:	The aim of the lecture is to introduce the mechanisms of evolution active on organismal and supra-organismal level, and it will concern the following specific issues: • natural selection, the levels (units) of selection, selfish gene, extended phenotype • speciation and its types (alopatric, sympatric, etc.), species extinction. • evolution of biological diversity, macroevolution • evolutionary game theory, the concept of evolutionary stable strategy • evolution of sex, Muller's ratchet, Red Quinn hypothesis and other explanations • sexual selection • evolution of intraspecific interactions, altruism, kin selection, social behaviour • evolution of life-strategies, evolution of senescence • evolution of interspecific interactions, antagonism, mutualism, coevolution • human's evolutionary heritage: anthropogenesis, cultural evolution, evolutionary psychology, Darwinian medicine
Bibliography:	Futuyma D.J. & Kirkpatrick M. 2017. Evolution. Oxford Unversity Press.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Egzamin testowy (test jednokrotnego wyboru), min. 60% poprawnych odpowiedzi.
Practical placement:	not applicable

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH FR WYK
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Piotr Dawidowicz, Krzysztof Spalik
Group instructors:	Piotr Dawidowicz, Andrzej Mikulski, Joanna Pijanowska, Krzysztof Spalik
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - Examination Lecture - Examination

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