The study of animal evolution from the first animals to modern Man is based on arguments of anatomy and compared embryology illustrating the principle « ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny ».
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | After this course, students should understand the basis of life on Earth and be able to answer the following key questions: what are living organisms, what do they have in common, and what differentiates them. These lectures constitute a framework that will be developed in more detailed courses in the following years, with a special focus on cellular and molecular biology, Mendelian genetics and evolution from bacteria to modern Man. Those aims try to develop qualities of intellectual curiosity, observation, reasoning, synthesis, scientific rigour, oral, written and iconographic expression, and finally of self-learning, stimulating the consultation of books, scientific reviews, and informatics materials (CD-Rom, websites). |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Part 1 (J.B. Demoulin)
Introduction: principles of organization of the biosphere
Chapter 1: The chemistry of life
Chapter 2: The cell
Chapter 3: Reproduction and genetics
Chapter 4: Evolution
Part 2
Biological diversity through evolution
Part 3
Genetics and evolution
