Students are able to understand and name biological basics and interrelationships. They are familiar with the origin of life on Earth, the evolution of living organisms and the emergence of biodiversity. They understand the basic methods of phylogenetics and can interpret important indices of biodiversity.

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• The system of living beings
  • Prokaryotes - Eukaryotes
  • Morphological and molecular methods of systematics
  • Taxonomy - cladistics
• Molecular systematics and phylogenetics
  • Basics of molecular biology
  • Methods of phylogenetics
  • "Tree of life"
• Systematics and evolution of plants
  • How many and which plant organisms are there?
  • How can they be recognized and distinguished?
  • How are they related to each other?
  • Where and when did they evolve?
• Evolution, systematics and diversity of animals
  • Major groups of the animal kingdom
• Phylogeny and evolution of animals

Nei M., Kumar S.: Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics. Oxford University Press, 2000 https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~lukaskoz/teaching/sad2/books/Molecular-Evolution-and-Phylogenetics.pdf
Patwardhan A., Ray S., Roy, A.: Molecular Markers in Phylogenetic Studies-A Review. Journal of Phylogenetics & Evolutionary Biology, 2014.
Molecular Markers in Phylogenetic Studies - A review (hilarispublisher.com)
Singh G.: Plant systematics:an integrated approach. CRC Press, 2020.
https://mariomairal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Plant-Systematics-An-Integrated-Approach-Gurcharan-Singh-3-Edition.pdf

• Lectures
• Project work

Integrated module examination
Final examination character: multiple-choice exam (with Moodle)