Gregory Velicer: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2020

NameHerr Prof. Dr. Gregory Velicer
LehrgebietEvolutionsbiologie
Adresse
Professur f. Evolutionsbiologie
ETH Zürich, CHN K 11
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telefon+41 44 632 88 00
E-Mailgregory.velicer@env.ethz.ch
URLhttps://evo.ethz.ch
DepartementUmweltsystemwissenschaften
BeziehungOrdentlicher Professor

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
701-0245-00LIntroduction to Evolutionary Biology2 KP2VG. Velicer, S. Wielgoss
KurzbeschreibungThis course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions.
LernzielThis course introduces important questions about the evolutionary processes involved in the generation and maintenance of biological diversity across all domains of life and how evolutionary science investigates these questions. The topics covered range from different forms of selection, phylogenetic analysis, population genetics, life history theory, the evolution of sex, social evolution to human evolution. These topics are important for the understanding of a number of evolutionary problems in the basic and applied sciences.
InhaltTopics likely to be covered in this course include research methods in evolutionary biology, adaptation, evolution of sex, evolutionary transitions, human evolution, infectious disease evolution, life history evolution, macroevolution, mechanisms of evolution, phylogenetic analysis, population dynamics, population genetics, social evolution, speciation and types of selection.
LiteraturTextbook:
Evolutionary Analysis
Scott Freeman and Jon Herron
5th Edition, English.
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesThe exam is based on lecture and textbook.
701-1461-00LEcology and Evolution: Seminar Belegung eingeschränkt - Details anzeigen
Fortsetzung von der Lerneinheit 701-1460-00L "Ecology and Evolution: Term Paper" im HS.
3 KP6ST. Städler, J. Alexander, S. Bonhoeffer, T. Crowther, A. Hall, J. Jokela, J. Payne, G. Velicer, A. Widmer
KurzbeschreibungThe organization and functioning of academic research as well as academic publishing are introduced and applied: students critically review two term papers written by their student colleagues. Based on the reviews, the authors of the papers write reply letters and revise their own term papers. They finally present their topic during an in-house "mini-conference" with a talk.
Lernziel• Students become familiar with the academic peer-review and publishing process
• They learn to evaluate the quality of a manuscript and formulate constructive criticism
• They learn to deal with criticism of their own work (by their student peers)
• They practise oral presentations and discussions in English
InhaltThe organization and functioning of academic research as well as academic publishing are introduced and applied: students critically review two term papers written by their student colleagues. Based on the reviews, the authors of the papers write reply letters and revise their own term papers. They finally present their topic during an in-house "mini-conference" with a talk.
Skriptnone
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesDirect continuation of "Ecology and Evolution: Term Paper" of the previous semester