PLANT PHYLOGENY

In-depth knowledge of plant systematics. Knowledge and classification of plants. Understanding of the main mechanisms of the evolution, through the examination of some relevant biological phenomena such as adaptation, genesis and disappearance of the species, diversification, ecological specialization, co-evolution, biogeography. Reconstruct the evolutionary relationships existing among the main plant clusters

Biodiversity, adaptation, evolution of land plants.Flora and biodiversity. Adaptive strategies of plants in the Mediterranean climate.Classification of living. Major classification systems.Biodiversity and evolution. Convergence and parallel evolution. Plant diversity in an evolutionary key.The concept of species. The species as an entity: evolution and speciation processes.Methods and principles of systematic. Phylogenetic systematics.Evolution and diversification of tracheophytes. Phylogeny of the Angiosperms.The Mediterranean sea: a reservoir of biodiversity. Origin and evolution of the Mediterranean flora.

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