Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
5204NATSCI-SEP-CTY
Aims
To provide an introduction to the diversity of life on Earth. To explain origin and evolution of major taxonomic groups including prokaryotes and eukaryotes. To explain key evolutionary events such as transition from anaerobic to aerobic life, symbiosis and evolution of the eukaryotic cell, origin of multicellularity, colonization of land and air.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Give an account of the main biological characteristics and features of the major taxonomic groups.
2.
Evaluate the phenotypic and molecular techniques by which living organisms are identified and species relationships determined.
3.
Discuss key events in the evolution of life.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Key evolutionary events including, a comparison of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, the transition of anaerobic to aerobic life, evolution of multicellularity, symbiosis and endosymbiosis and the colonisation of the land and air by all major taxonomic groups. Principles of taxonomy and systematics adaptations and characteristic features of the major groups. Speciation, micro and macro evolution and the evolution of genomes. The applications of classical and molecular phylogenetics in modern taxonomical classification and the use of big data in classification and phylogenetics.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to the diversity of life on Earth and explain origin and evolution of major taxonomic groups including prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The module will explain key evolutionary events such as transition from anaerobic to aerobic life, symbiosis and evolution of the eukaryotic cell, origin of multicellularity, colonization of land and air.
The aim of this module is to provide an introduction to the diversity of life on Earth and explain origin and evolution of major taxonomic groups including prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The module will explain key evolutionary events such as transition from anaerobic to aerobic life, symbiosis and evolution of the eukaryotic cell, origin of multicellularity, colonization of land and air.
Additional Information:Rules of nomenclature and principles of taxonomy and systematics. Phenotypic and molecular phylogenetic relationships and biology of the major groups. Evolution of structures and features. Key evolutionary events such as transition from anaerobic to aerobic life, symbiosis and evolution of the eukaryotic cell, evolution of multicellularity, colonization of land and air.