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Evolutionary Biology

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Course ID:	WF-OB-BEWOL
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Evolutionary Biology
Name in Polish:	Biologia ewolucyjna
Organizational unit:	Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe dla 1 roku studiów II stopnia magisterskich
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	0 OR 4.00 (depends on study program) 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. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	OB2_W12 OB2_U01 OB2_U09 OB2_U13 OB2_K07
Short description:	Understanding of fundamentals of biology evolution, origin of life, speciation, their importance for understanding of ecological processes. Presentation of evolutionary and behavioral ecology.
Full description:	Biological and non-biological repolicators. Genes, cells and organisms. Levels of natural selection. Group and individual selection. Conflicts and cooperation between genes. Selfish gene. Fitness. Inclusive fitness. Variability. Neutral evolutrions and stochastic elements in nevolution. Mutations. Genetic derift. Sexual reproduction. Basic hypothesis of its evolution. Sexual selection. Differences in reproductive strategies of males and females. Proportion of sexes. Hypotheses for equal proportion. Explanations for not equal proportions. Kin selection. Cooperation between related organisms. Evolution of social insects.Cooperation between unrelated individuals. Reciprocal altruism. Prison’s dilemma.Conflicts between animals. Evolutionary stable strategy.Evolution of life strategies. Trade off between different life functions. Optimal age and body size at reproduction. Evolution of death. Origin of life. Basic hypotheses. Biological hypotheses and creationism. Some theological problems connected with origin of life. Species. Basic definitions. Speciation – basic mechanisms. History of life on Earth. Most important adaptations in the history of life. Mass extinctions.
Bibliography:	Dzik J. 2021. Ewolucja. Twórcza moc selekcji. Wydawnictwa UW. Futyma D. J. 1998. Evolutionary biology. Sinauer Publishers Krzanowska H., Łomnicki A., Rafiński J., Szarski H., Szymura J. 2002. Zarys mechanizmów ewolucji. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa Łomnicki A. 2012. Ekologia ewolucyjna. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Maynard Smith J., Szatmáry E. 2000. Tajemnice przełomów w ewolucji. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa. Ridley M. 1993. Evolution. Blackwell Scientific Publication. Stearns S. C., Hoekstra R. F. 2005. Evolution. An introduction. Oxford University Press.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Understanding reasons and ways of evolutionary processes. Possibility of applaying evolutionary explanations. Understanding of relation between evolutionary biology and ecology.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Written test.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span:	2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH FR WYK WYK
Type of class:	Lectures, 30 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators:	Janusz Uchmański
Group instructors:	Janusz Uchmański
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a272519ea93304b7492413f52701832f5%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=014f266b-9db9-4488-941c-a0c4bd50c847&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
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Examination:	Course - examination Lectures - examination

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span:	2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH FR WYK
Type of class:	Lectures, 30 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators:	Janusz Uchmański
Group instructors:	Janusz Uchmański
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a272519ea93304b7492413f52701832f5%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=014f266b-9db9-4488-941c-a0c4bd50c847&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - examination Lectures - examination

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W WYK TH FR
Type of class:	Lectures, 30 hours, 30 places more information
Coordinators:	Janusz Uchmański
Group instructors:	Janusz Uchmański
Course homepage:	https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a272519ea93304b7492413f52701832f5%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=014f266b-9db9-4488-941c-a0c4bd50c847&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Course - examination Lectures - examination
Type of subject:	obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:	(in Polish) nie dotyczy

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