bio300 - Evolutionary Biology (Course overview)

bio300 - Evolutionary Biology (Course overview)

Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences 15 KP
Module components Semester courses Winter semester 2024/2025 Examination
Lecture
Exercises
  • Limited access 5.02.303 - Evolutionsbiologie Bachelor - Übung Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Olaf Bininda-Emonds
    • Dr. rer. nat. Wilko Ahlrichs
    • Prof. Dr. Dirk Carl Albach
    • Dr. Pauline Fleischmann
    • Prof. Dr. Gabriele Gerlach
    • Dr. Simon Käfer
    • Dr. rer. nat. Tamara Schneider
    • Dr. Klaus Bernhard von Hagen

    Dates on Thursday, 10.10.2024 14:00 - 16:00, Monday, 24.02.2025 - Friday, 28.02.2025, Monday, 03.03.2025 - Friday, 07.03.2025, Monday, 10.03.2025 - Friday, 14.03.2025 10:00 - 16:00
Seminar
Notes on the module
Prerequisites
Abschluss der Basismodule
Prüfungszeiten
Written examination in the final week of the semester or in the first week following the lecture period.
Module examination
Written examination (60%)
Portfolio (40%)

PLEASE NOTE:
Additional conditions regarding attendance and ungraded activities as determined by the persons responsible for the module will apply.
Skills to be acquired in this module

++ biological knowledge
+ knowledge of biological working methods
++ biologically relevant knowledge in the natural sciences and mathematics
+ statistics & scientific programming
+ interdisciplinary knowledge & thinking
+ abstract, logical, analytical thinking
++ deepened expertise in biological specialist field
+ independent learning and (research-based) working
++ data presentation and evidence-based discussion (written and spoken)
+ teamwork
++ (scientific) communication skills
+ project and time management

Introduction to both microevolution (speciation and species concepts, adaptation and selection, behavioural ecology, reproduction systems) and macroevolution.
Introduction to phylogenetics (phyloinformatics, molecular systematics, phylogeography).