Suvremena adaptivna evolucija čovjeka

undergraduate thesis

• Title (english): Modern human adaptive evolution
• Author: Anja Kosović
• Mentor: Anamaria Štambuk (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Biology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-08-22, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology

Abstract

U ovom seminarskom radu opisuju se osnovna načela adaptivne evolucije modernog čovjeka
(Homo sapiens). Iznose se rezultati i zaključci istraživanja u području evolucijske i populacijske
genetike, provedenih u posljednjih dvadesetak godina, vezanih uz nekoliko aspekata u kojima
se adaptacija očituje u genotipu i fenotipu ljudskih populacija. Prezentirani radovi bave se
čimbenicima te ekološkim i društvenim procesima koji su utjecali na brzinu adaptivne
evolucije, promjene u anatomiji i fiziologiji modernog čovjeka, sposobnost probave, odnosno
tolerancije na laktozu, rezistenciju na zarazne bolesti na primjeru malarije te se stavlja poseban
naglasak na interakciju okoliša i gena kao glavnih pokretača evolucije.

Abstract (english)

This seminar paper describes the basic principles of adaptive evolution of modern humans
(Homo sapiens). The results and conclusions of research in the field of evolutionary and
population genetics, carried out in the last twenty years, related to several aspects in which
adaptation is manifested in the genotype and phenotype of human populations, are presented.
The papers presented deal with the factors as well as ecological and social processes that
influenced the speed of adaptive evolution, changes in the anatomy and physiology of modern
humans, the ability to digest, i.e. tolerance to lactose, resistance to infectious diseases such as
malaria, emphasizing the interaction of the environment and genes as the main drivers of
evolution

• Keywords: evolucijska genetika; populacijska genetika; adaptacija; mutacija
• Keywords (english): evolutionary genetics; population genetics; adaptation; mutation
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:085564
• Study programme: Title: Ecology; Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) biologije (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) biologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-09-26 14:37:43