Evolution and Development

Education facts

Code: 1BG397

The enormous advances in combining molecular developmental biology and palaeontology over recent decades have opened up a new field of research for the evolution of past and present biodiversity. This allows for a deeper understanding of interactions between molecular patterning, ontogeny and morphology from an evolutionary perspective. State-of-the-art techniques are now available for investigating these interactions. The course provides an overview of this rapidly developing field, focusing on selected sets of arthropods and vertebrates. In-situ hybridisation, skeletal staining and synchrotron micro-computed tomography-based histology will be used to examine their evolution from an integrated molecular-morphological perspective within a phylogenetic context. The knowledge gained from these examples is used in addressing broader conceptual questions.

Entry requirements

Completed courses worth 150 credits including (1) 60 credits in biology and 30 credits in chemistry or 30 credits in earth sciences, or (2) 90 credits in biology, or (3) 60 credits in earth sciences and participation in the course Principles of Palaeobiology. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Evolution and Development

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 22 March 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %