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| BIYL5930 | Phylogenetic Systematics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nurhayat ÖZDEMİR | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course is designed to present an introduction to the general concept of phylogenetic systematics. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Explain the term systematic | 1,4 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Summary the general properties of phylogenetic systematics | 1,4 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | Describe the traditional systematic and phylogenetic systematic | 1,4 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | Listed the general methods used in phylogenetic syetematics | 1,4 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | Listed the molecular marker used in phylogenetic systematic. | 1,4 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Aim and principles. Tasks and methods of taxonomy, the position of systematics among the biological sciences, the general concepts of systematics, taxonomic evidence and biological characters, phylogenetic methods, the evolution of phylogenetic systematics. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The general concept of Systematic | | | Week 2 | The position of Systematic among the Biological sciences
| | | Week 3 | Taxonomic evidence and Biological Characters: Morphology, anatomy, palynology, chromosomes, embryology.
| | | Week 4 | Taxonomic evidence and Biological Characters: Inflorescence, fruit, seeds, secondary compounds, proteins | | | Week 5 | Character selection in phylogenetic systematic analysis | | | Week 6 | molecular markers in phylogeny | | | Week 7 |
Estimation of a phylogeny | | | Week 8 | Using Parsimony method in phylogenetic analysis | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 |
General molecular techniques (extracting DNA, PCR, gel electrophoresis) | | | Week 11 | General molecular techniques (restriction enzymes, southern blotting, DNA cloning) | | | Week 12 | Preservation of diversity against gene flow
| | | Week 13 | Selecting suitable molecular markers (allozymes, RFLP, AFLP, DNA-DNA hibridization, SINEs, DNA sequencing) | | | Week 14 | Selecting suitable molecular markers (allozymes, RFLP, AFLP, DNA-DNA hibridization, SINEs, DNA sequencing) | | | Week 15 | Examinig a phylogenetic article | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Başıbüyük Hasan, Bardakçı Fevzi, Belshow Robert, Quicke Donald L.J.. 2000; Phylogenetic Systematic. A practical guide to theory and practice. Sivas. | | | |
| 1 | Salemi Marco, Vandamme Anne-Nieke. 2003; The Phylogemnetic Handbook. A practical Approach to DNA and protein Phylogeny. . Cambridge University press, UK | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/04/2024 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 13 | 13/05/2024 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/06/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 15 | 5 | 75 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 4 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 7 | 35 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Diğer 2 | 2 | 11 | 22 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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