Evolution home page
A support site for modules SC0060-3 Evolution
and SCM009-M Molecular Evolution
Page last updated 29/01/02 please note

SC0060-3
topic/lecture schedule		 SCM009-M topic/lecture schedule SC0060-3
assessment 		SCM009-M
assessment 		resource
centre
prebiotic
evolution		 early
evolution 		sequence phylogenetics gene
phylogenetics 		further topics in phylogenetics
patterns of nucleotide substitution protein
evolution 		introductory
lecture

Introduction

Evolution is the "grand unifying theory" of Biological Sciences - it is the process that created life, is the concept that underlies
and links all areas of Biological Sciences, and is the issue that provokes the most fundamental philosophical and theological debate.

The module SC0060-3 Evolution aims to highlight evolutionary history and mechanisms, to develop evolutionary concepts
and to reflect on issues raised by evolution. The very breadth and scope of evolution precludes an in-depth exploration of
the entire subject in a single 10-credit module, but rather a good variety of content will be reviewed in more modest detail.
Content ranges from prebiotic and early evolution, to molecular phylogenetics, to concepts such as selfishness, altruism,
competition, cooperation, and sex, to evolution of humankind, intelligence, language and society.

The module SCM009-M Molecular Evolution aims to explore evolutionary history and mechanisms within a firm context of
the theoretical framework and experimental techniques of molecular Biological Sciences. The enormous scope and depth of the subject
precludes a very detailed treatment in a single 15-credit module, but the key topics are discussed and evaluated, illustrated
with relevant and up-to-date examples, and the complex mathematical and analytical concepts that often cloud molecular
evolution for the non-expert are excluded. Content includes genome organisation, C values, GC content, isochores, organelle
genomes & origins, transposition, horizontal gene transfer, nucleotide substitution rates & patterns, molecular phylogenies,
 and protein evolution.

We hope to share our passion for evolution with you in these modules.

 
Harry Mountain
Kevin Reiling
Andy White


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