Evolution-Development

Evo-devo is an evolutionary approach to developmental genetics. This discipline seeks to shed light on changes in developmental mechanisms that explain current and past morphological diversity, thereby bridging the gap between biology and paleontology.

Throughout this module, we will use articles to discuss several evolutionary topics relevant to Evo-Devo approaches: the concept of homology, the origin and evolution of repetitive structures, the genetic basis of development, and the links between genomic evolution and morphological evolution. We will illustrate these concepts using examples from metazoans and the green lineage, and apply them at the level of major modern groups as well as at the population level.

- know how to gather scientific information, primarily in the field of life and earth sciences (concepts, examples, approaches, methods), and adapt it for educational purposes for a variety of audiences, using different communication tools

- know how to integrate different scales of analysis to address a single issue related to biological interactions

- understand developmental genetics techniques and analyze the results obtained using these techniques; be able to relate findings in developmental genetics to knowledge of the evolution of organisms

Comprehensive ongoing assessment: 100%