Biosciences 2020-2021

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.The module is designed to provide further insight into the diversity of invertebrates and vertebrates, their evolutionary history, physiology and behaviour. Building on the module Diversity of Life, this course focuses on phylogeny, key features (morphological, structural and physiological), the diversity and adaptive radiation of selected groups, and the processes that produce them. The course will consider the history and development of these ideas in the field of comparative biology. Implications for broader understanding of the tempo and mode of evolution will be considered. In this module the focus is the main vertebrate classes, thus providing a more complete and well-rounded understanding of Comparative Zoology.



Syllabus

Major transitions in Invertebrate and vertebrate biology
Biological Design
Structure, function ecology and evolution

.This module combines two aspects of conservation to give students an unusual and deep insight into the management of biodiversity. Firstly they collect and map habitat data from a designated local field site: currently we envisage using Wimbledon common. This is followed by an academic component based on lectures and assessed by an unseen examination.

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