Evodevo in the Green Lineage
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
· Recapitulate the main innovations that drove developmental patterning in both the animal and plant kingdoms, as illustrated through models described in the lectures;
· Describe some important networks/key factors (genetic and epigenetic) involved in development and evolution;
· Explain an experimental strategy used in a scientific study, analyze results and conclude from them on the key discoveries;
· Be critical about questions addressed by a study, as well as approaches, in link with the state-of-the art;
· Be able to propose experimental strategies to answer questions related to development and evolution.
· Describe some important networks/key factors (genetic and epigenetic) involved in development and evolution;
· Explain an experimental strategy used in a scientific study, analyze results and conclude from them on the key discoveries;
· Be critical about questions addressed by a study, as well as approaches, in link with the state-of-the art;
· Be able to propose experimental strategies to answer questions related to development and evolution.
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Course syllabus
· The main theme of this course is centered on how regulatory networks and specific patterns of gene expression shape development and have evolved in animal and plant kingdoms.
· On the animal side, you will hear about basic concepts of early evolution of metazoan development and body plans in Arthropods, we will analyze the role of neural crest in vertebrate segmentation and head patterning, and discuss developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.
· On the Plant front, developmental genetics of plant speciation, evolution of flower development, and molecular mechanisms generating flower diversity and underlying plant domestication will be the major topics.
· Overall, this Evo-Devo course will give an overview, through the examples of various developmental models, of how shaping/reshaping of genes and genomes drove the diversity represented along the tree of life and conducted to present-day organisms living on earth.
· The teaching team consists of local, national and international specialists in their field who will present the topics they are passionate about.
Tutorials: Preparing, presenting and discussing a bibliographic project
Tutorials consist in analyses of scientific publications by students. The articles are in direct connection to the lectures/seminars. They are given to the students a week in advance. Students highlight the messages of the articles via analysis of the main figures/results. They present the state-of-the-art and the objectives of the study as an introduction, then the approaches employed to answer the questions, the main results and their driven-conclusions, and finish with perspectives of the presented work. Article analysis is followed by a discussion with the Professor and all students of the class.
Prerequisites and examination procedures:
Prerequisites
· Master in Biology 1st year (UGA Grenoble) or equivalent world-wide
· The Evo-Devo course requires general knowledge in development and body plan organization as well as in regulatory mechanisms of gene expression. For UGA students, it relies on knowledge acquired in the following L3 courses: Development, Plant Developmental Biology, Molecular Basis of Gene Expression; and M1 courses: Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics and Development and Differentiation.
Examination procedures
· Mid-term oral exam (0.5h x 2 sessions 40%) + Written final exam (2:00h - 60%)
Teaching Methods:
Tradition lectures, Tutorials and discussions.
Language of instruction
English
WEB pages
https://master-biologie.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/majors/planta-international-plant-int-/
· On the animal side, you will hear about basic concepts of early evolution of metazoan development and body plans in Arthropods, we will analyze the role of neural crest in vertebrate segmentation and head patterning, and discuss developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.
· On the Plant front, developmental genetics of plant speciation, evolution of flower development, and molecular mechanisms generating flower diversity and underlying plant domestication will be the major topics.
· Overall, this Evo-Devo course will give an overview, through the examples of various developmental models, of how shaping/reshaping of genes and genomes drove the diversity represented along the tree of life and conducted to present-day organisms living on earth.
· The teaching team consists of local, national and international specialists in their field who will present the topics they are passionate about.
Tutorials: Preparing, presenting and discussing a bibliographic project
Tutorials consist in analyses of scientific publications by students. The articles are in direct connection to the lectures/seminars. They are given to the students a week in advance. Students highlight the messages of the articles via analysis of the main figures/results. They present the state-of-the-art and the objectives of the study as an introduction, then the approaches employed to answer the questions, the main results and their driven-conclusions, and finish with perspectives of the presented work. Article analysis is followed by a discussion with the Professor and all students of the class.
Prerequisites and examination procedures:
Prerequisites
· Master in Biology 1st year (UGA Grenoble) or equivalent world-wide
· The Evo-Devo course requires general knowledge in development and body plan organization as well as in regulatory mechanisms of gene expression. For UGA students, it relies on knowledge acquired in the following L3 courses: Development, Plant Developmental Biology, Molecular Basis of Gene Expression; and M1 courses: Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics and Development and Differentiation.
Examination procedures
· Mid-term oral exam (0.5h x 2 sessions 40%) + Written final exam (2:00h - 60%)
Teaching Methods:
Tradition lectures, Tutorials and discussions.
Language of instruction
English
WEB pages
https://master-biologie.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/majors/planta-international-plant-int-/
BIO/02 - SYSTEMATIC BOTANY - University credits: 6
Lectures: 48 hours
Professor:
Carles Christel
Shifts:
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Professor:
Carles Christel