Universität Wien

300120 VO Systems conditions for Evolution (2023S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course takes place in presence only.

  • Friday 03.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 10.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 24.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 31.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 28.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 05.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 19.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 26.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 02.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 09.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 16.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 23.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0
  • Friday 30.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.005, Ebene 0

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Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of this course is to address the question "what are the organismal properties that allow organisms to respond to selective pressure and evolve"?
We will introduce evolutionary process and discuss the structure of the genotype-phenotype mapping (essentially developmental and physiological structure) which makes organisms evolvable - such as robustness, modularity, mutation rate, phenotypic plasticity, context dependency of genetic effects etc. Furthermore, the approaches to study these phenomena will be explained based on the seminal literature in the field. (which is required reading in the course).

Assessment and permitted materials

A written exam at the end will consist of 20 questions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The grading criterion is :
>50% of the maximum points reached for the passing grade (4), higher grades are achieved at equal intervals (>62.5% for 3, >75% for 2, >87.5% for 1)

Examination topics

The topics of the lecture, and the required and discussed literature.

Reading list

Waddington, C. H. (1942). Canalization of development and the inheritance of acquired characters. Nature, 150(3811), 563-565.

Houle, D. (1992). Comparing evolvability and variability of quantitative traits. Genetics, 130(1), 195-204.

Schuster, P., Fontana, W., Stadler, P. F., & Hofacker, I. L. (1994). From sequences to shapes and back: a case study in RNA secondary structures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 255(1344), 279-284.

Wagner, G. P., & Altenberg, L. (1996). Perspective: complex adaptations and the evolution of evolvability. Evolution, 50(3), 967-976.

Dawkins, R. (1997). Ch. 7 Kaleidoscopic Embryos. In R. Dawkins. Climbing mount improbable (pp. 224-255 ). WW Norton & Company.

Kirschner, M., & Gerhart, J. (1998). Evolvability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95(15), 8420-8427.

Rutherford, S. L., & Lindquist, S. (1998). Hsp90 as a capacitor for morphological evolution. Nature, 396(6709), 336-342.

Gibson, G., & Wagner, G. (2000). Canalization in evolutionary genetics: a stabilizing theory? BioEssays, 22(4), 372-380.

Hendrikse, J. L., Parsons, T. E., & Hallgrímsson, B. (2007). Evolvability as the proper focus of evolutionary developmental biology. Evolution & development, 9(4), 393-401.

Hansen, T. F., & Houle, D. (2008). Measuring and comparing evolvability and constraint in multivariate characters. Journal of evolutionary biology, 21(5), 1201-1219.

Wagner, A. (2008). Robustness and evolvability: a paradox resolved. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275(1630), 91-100.

Jablonski, D. (2020). Developmental bias, macroevolution, and the fossil record. Evolution & development, 22(1-2), 103-125.

Association in the course directory

MES5, MZO W-4, MZO W-5, MZO4, MZO W3

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