Evolution and Development
Course, Master's level, 1BG397
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 18 March 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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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.
- Selection
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Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 36,250
- Total tuition fee: SEK 36,250
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-67415
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 19 February 2024–17 March 2024
- Information on registration
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 18 March 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- 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.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 19 February 2024–17 March 2024
- Information on registration
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 24 March 2025–8 June 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- 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.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 36,250
- Total tuition fee: SEK 36,250
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2024
- Application code
- UU-67415
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 10 March 2025–23 March 2025
- Information on registration
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 24 March 2025–8 June 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- 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.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 10 March 2025–23 March 2025
- Information on registration
About the course
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.