Diversity and evolution of present and past metazoans N3

  • ECTS

    4 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

The major objective is to learn the basics of comparative anatomy of chordates, so as to be able to compare and classify them, before tracing the key stages of their evolutionary history. The teaching is integrative in the sense that it uses both present-day organisms and the fossil record, in order to document the evolutionary history of the clade in its entirety and in all its aspects. Anatomical, biomechanical, phylogenetic, and ecomorphological approaches will be addressed in lectures in order to illustrate the diversity and major characteristics of chordates. The practical sessions (and the practical sessions) will illustrate the evolution of the diversity of the integuments, the skeleton, the musculature, the digestive and respiratory systems over long time scales.

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Necessary pre-requisites

UEs Diversity and Evolution of Present and Past Metazoans - Level 1 and 2 (HAV314H and HAV408H, L2 S3 and S4) if possible

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Knowledge control

Test

Coefficient

Nb of hours

Nb of sessions

Organization (SDS or resp)

Written

50

2

2

MSDS

Continuous control

 

 

 

 

TP

50

 

 

 

Oral

 

 

 

 

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Targeted competencies

- Mobilize the fundamental concepts and technologies of evolutionary biology, phylogeny and paleontology to address a problem in the field and/or analyze a research or presentation document;

- Identify and select various specialized resources to document a topic;

- Analyze and synthesize data for use;

- Develop an argument with logic and critical thinking;

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