1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30
Seminar	15

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

To recognize the basic principles and mechanisms in biological evolution at different levels of study. To provide an overview of the main areas in modern evolutionary science. To understand the significance of principles and possibilities, trial and error in evolution. To show practical application of knowledge and experimental work in evolutionary issues.

COURSE CONTENT
1. Lectures: Evolution as a scientific discipline and its historical development
Seminar: Researchers and scientists in evolution
Practical work: Microfossils, Collections
2. Lectures: Cosmic evolution, Solar system and formation of Earth
Seminar: Objects in space
Practical work: Macrofossils
3. Lectures: Chemical evolution, pre-atmosphere and conditions on Earth
Seminar: Hydrothermal vents
Practical work: Microfossils preparations and electronic map
4. Lectures: Biological evolution; Domains and kingdoms of the living world; Universal ancestors of the living beings
Seminar: Adaptations and biodiversity
Practical work: Coacervates, literature analysis
5. Lectures: Evolution of eukaryotic cell and organelles
Seminar: Complex plastids and nucleomorph
Practical work: Macromolecules of biological importance
6. Lectures: Symbiosis and endosymbiosis; The role of symbiosis in speciation and biodiversity; Evolutionary models of symbiosis
Seminar: Humans as symbiotic system
Practical work: Examples of symbiosis
7. Lectures: Green hydra "living fossil"
Seminar: Protective coloration
Practical work: Green hydra, symbiotic model
8.-9. Lectures: Living world in the past, Evidences of evolution
Seminar: Evolutionary motivs in literature and on film, Fossils in Croatia
Practical work: Isolation and culturing of endosymbionts
10. Lectures: Emergence of Metazoa; Molecular evolution and molecular phylogeny
Seminar: Cambrian explosion
Practical work: Microcosm models; Adaptations
11. Lectures: Microevolution, macroevolution and megaevolution
Seminar: Genetic variability
Practical work: Hardy-Weinberg law, selection
12.-13. Lectures: Population genetics
Seminar: Migrations in human evolution
Practical work: Genetic drift, migrations
14.-15. Lectures: Human evolution, Hominids, Prehistoric cultures
Seminar: Paleoanthropological sites in Krapina and Vindija
Practical work: Mutations

Possible visits: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, ZOO, Rokov Perivoj Park

1. Evolution an Introduction. 2nd Edition, Stearns, S. C., Hoekstra, R. F., Oxford University Press, 2005.
2. Praktikumski priručnik Simbioza hidre i alge (za internu uporabu), Kovačević, G., 2013.
3. Postanak čovjeka i kulturna evolucija, Facchini, F., Kršćanska sadašnjost, Zagreb, 2007.
4. Evolution, Futuyma, D. J., Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers. Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA, 2013.
5. Human Evolution - An Illustrated Introduction, Lewin, R., Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2005.

Enrollment :
Attended : Cell and Molecular Biology

Mandatory course - Regular study - Environmental Sciences