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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Understand and recognize the evolutionary processes of cosmic evolution; evolution of Earth, biological evolution to the evolution of the genus Homo
2. Know the basic mechanisms of evolution in biology
3. Identify evolutionary approach in the theoretical and experimental work
4. Connect the acquired knowledge and develop critical thinking in understanding the evolutionary mechanisms and theory
5. Use the phylogenetic analyses in the evolution
6. Apply mathematical models in phylogeny and evolution
7. Use mathematical models in evolutionary genetics
8. Motivate students to collect new literature data for the purpose of interpreting phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary science

COURSE CONTENT:
Subject integrates content from lectures and practical exercises.
LECTURES:
1. Evolution as a scientific discipline and its historical development
2. Material evidences of evolution (paleontology, comparative anatomy, molecular biology, genetics, physiology, biogeography)
3. Massive extinctions and the rate of evolutionary processes
4. Origin of life (chemical and biological evolution)
5. Evolution of the eukaryotic cell, endosymbiosis (organelle evolution)
6. Evolution of the Metazoa
7. Levels of evolutionary processes (microevolution, macroevolution, megaevolution)
8. Speciation
9. Isolation mechanisms
10. Factors of evolution (variability, mutation, recombination, migration, selection, genetic drift)
11. Epigenetics and Darwinism
12. Molecular evolution
13. Molecular phylogenetics
14. Population genetics and evolution
15. Human evolution

PRACTICAL EXERCISES:
1., 2. Cosmic evolution
3. Origin of life
4., 5. The evolution of eukaryotic cell
6. Material evidences of evolution
7., 14. Molecular evolution and phylogeny
15. Population genetics

1. Douglas J. Futuyma: Evolutionary Biology, Sinauer Assotiates, Inc., 1997.
2. Stephen C. Stearns, Rolf F. Hoekstra: Evolution an introduction 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005.
3. Mirjana Kalafatić: Osnove biološke evolucije, Priroda, Zagreb, 1998.
4. Roger Lewin: Human Evolution an Illustrated Introduction, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005.

Enrollment :
Passed : Genetics
Attended : Biochemistry

Examination :
Passed : Biochemistry

Mandatory course - Regular study - Biology and Chemistry Education