Biological Evolution 생물의 진화
| Subject Code | 028.001 | Credits-Lecture-Practice | 3-3-0 | Subject Classification | Undergraduate |
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1. Subject Goal:
- A broad view of the mechanisms of evolution and the changes in the diversity of living organisms that have occurred during the Earth’s history.
2.Textbook/Recommended books
- Adams J.M. (2009). Species Richness: Patterns in the diversity of life. Springer.
(If you order this book through the professor you can obtain a copy for W 30,000.)
3. Evaluation
- Mid-term exam( 50 %), Final Exam( 50 %) = Total : 100%
4. Lecture Schedule
1 wk: The origins of life on Earth
2 wk: Mechanisms in evolution
3 wk: Origin and diversification of animal phyla
4 wk: Complexity and the evolution of genomes
5 wk: Mass extinctions 1: The end-Permian
6 wk: Mass extinctions 2: The end-Cretaceous
7 wk: The ancestry and evolution of mammals
8 wk: The evolution of humans
9 wk: Evolution of domesticated animals and plants
10 wk: Artificial life: genetic manipulation
11 wk: Adaptive radiation
12 wk: Species richness patterns
13 wk: Evolution of mutualisms
14 wk: Summarizing life’s diversity
15 wk: Evolution of life history strategies
16 wk: Evolution of dinosaurs
ACTUAL SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE. THIS IS ONLY A PRELIMINARY GUIDE.
4. Instruction
5. Punishment for cheating on exam
- Expulsion from course and automatic fail
- A broad view of the mechanisms of evolution and the changes in the diversity of living organisms that have occurred during the Earth’s history.
2.Textbook/Recommended books
- Adams J.M. (2009). Species Richness: Patterns in the diversity of life. Springer.
(If you order this book through the professor you can obtain a copy for W 30,000.)
3. Evaluation
- Mid-term exam( 50 %), Final Exam( 50 %) = Total : 100%
4. Lecture Schedule
1 wk: The origins of life on Earth
2 wk: Mechanisms in evolution
3 wk: Origin and diversification of animal phyla
4 wk: Complexity and the evolution of genomes
5 wk: Mass extinctions 1: The end-Permian
6 wk: Mass extinctions 2: The end-Cretaceous
7 wk: The ancestry and evolution of mammals
8 wk: The evolution of humans
9 wk: Evolution of domesticated animals and plants
10 wk: Artificial life: genetic manipulation
11 wk: Adaptive radiation
12 wk: Species richness patterns
13 wk: Evolution of mutualisms
14 wk: Summarizing life’s diversity
15 wk: Evolution of life history strategies
16 wk: Evolution of dinosaurs
ACTUAL SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE. THIS IS ONLY A PRELIMINARY GUIDE.
4. Instruction
5. Punishment for cheating on exam
- Expulsion from course and automatic fail
Species richness 생물다양성론
| Subject Code | 3344.565 | Credits-Lecture-Practice | 3-3-0 | Subject Classification | Undergraduate |
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An ecological exploration of the patterns in biological diversity of organisms in nature, and the possible reasons why some places are richer is species than others, and concluding with the practical problems of maintaining diversity in nature conservation. The course will begin by considering the mechanisms for coexistence of species, and then move on to the patterns on various scales (local to geographical), including latitudinal and elevational gradients, and ‘hotspots’ in species richness. The role of past extinction events – natural and caused by humans – will be considered. Finally, the course will assess present and future threats to species diversity, and what can be done to ensure the survival of the world’s present biological diversity.
Some classes will be based on a lecture, on which exam questions will be set.
For others, there will be assigned reading and discussion from the textbook, on which exam questions will be set.
Textbook: Adams J.M. (2009). Species Richness: patterns in the diversity of life. Springer. (can be ordered from the professor at a discount price).
Assessment method; two short-answer exams, in English.
Probable lecture titles include:
- Cataloguing life’s diversity
- Local scale species richness
- Broad scale species richness
- The ecology of islands
- Megafaunal extinctions
- Mass extinctions: the Permian
- Mass extinctions: the Cretaceous
- Threats to diversity from humans
- Conserving diversity
Some classes will be based on a lecture, on which exam questions will be set.
For others, there will be assigned reading and discussion from the textbook, on which exam questions will be set.
Textbook: Adams J.M. (2009). Species Richness: patterns in the diversity of life. Springer. (can be ordered from the professor at a discount price).
Assessment method; two short-answer exams, in English.
Probable lecture titles include:
- Cataloguing life’s diversity
- Local scale species richness
- Broad scale species richness
- The ecology of islands
- Megafaunal extinctions
- Mass extinctions: the Permian
- Mass extinctions: the Cretaceous
- Threats to diversity from humans
- Conserving diversity