- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Palaeozoology of vertebrates 1300-WPKZ1-OG
General structure of skeleton in vertebrates. Major information on vertebrate systematics and cladistics. Groups of animals related to vertebrates. Conodonts. Fossil and Recent agnathans. Characteristics of the gnathostomes. Placoderms and acanthodians. Chondrichthyans. General structure and dentition types of elasmobranchs. Euchondrocephalans. Osteichthyans. Problems with cranial bone homology. Vertebrate conquest of the land. Amphibians. The earliest amniotes. Permo-Mesozoic reptiles. Aquatic reptiles. Diapsida: early archosaurs; pterosaurs. Late Triassic exchange of terrestrial faunas. Dinosaurs and birds. The flight and its applications. Synapsids. Modification of mandibula and mandibular hinge in the cynodont-mammalian lineage. Mesozoic mammals. The K-T extinction. Palaeocene explosive radiation of mammals. Primates. Hominids. Concepts on the emergence of modern humans.
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general courses
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Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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