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Origin of species by interspecific hybridization in animals
Štiková, Jana ; Reifová, Radka (advisor) ; Choleva, Lukáš (referee)
Speciation mostly occur by splitting an ancestral species into two daughter species. Alternatively, new species may arise by hybridization, a phenomenon known as hybrid speciation. This type of speciation is frequent especially in plants, but recently, a growing number of example has been described also in animals. The aim of this thesis is to summarize the current knowledge about hybrid speciation and describe known examples of hybrid speciation in animals. Hybrid speciation in animals is mostly homoploid, e.g. without the change of number of chromosomes. I found 23 homoploid hybrid species in animals. Most of them belong to insects and fishes, but know examples are also among birds and mammals. Origin of species in animals by hybrid speciation seems to be more commons than was previously thought. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Selected Aspects of Animal Breeding at Primary Schools
Boučková, Veronika ; Andreska, Jan (referee) ; Hanel, Lubomír (referee)
Title Selected Aspects of Animal Breeding at Primary Schools Abstract Content of the work is based on my diploma thesis. It is focused on the most problematic parts of a settlement of school breeding. The theoretical part of my thesis is based on a study of specialized literature and interview. It describes history and present state of breeding, especially school breeding. The second part of the thesis is devoted to the basis of school breedings. First of all, there is a survey of a complicated legislation in the field of interest breeding, which discourages teachers from breeding. The next chapter contains information concerning health hazards for students, especially about allergy and phobias. That is why a special attention is focused on problems of suitable species for school breeding in the next chapter. The last chapter contains inspiration for teachers in writing of Gerald Durrell.
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Zoo here and there: Observation of Visitor Behavior in the Prague and Reykjavík Zoos
Vysopal, Ondřej Věnek ; Stella, Marco (advisor) ; Halbich, Marek (referee)
In my diploma thesis I deal with the perception of the modern zoological gardens by observing visitor behavior. The thesis captures the emergence of zoos in Europe in the late 18th and 19th century gardens and their role as a source of knowledge and as a representation of the relationship between man and animal. Based on the observations of visitors I present two European zoological gardens - Prague Zoo and Reykjavík Zoo & Family Park - as spaces reflecting a certain culture. Reykjavík as a place with a simple mission dedicated for the education of small children in several fields, not only in zoology, and Prague as a complex universe, a merge of several different places with different meanings, such as a place for education, relaxation, photographing, standing against the contemporary western critical theories of zoological gardens. Key words: Zoological gardens, visitors, animals, humans, culture, looking at animals, behavior of visitors, Reykjavík, Prague, Iceland
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The impact of human knowledge on animals and plants
Richterová, Klaudie ; Thein, Karel (advisor) ; Jirsa, Jakub (referee)
Název práce: Dopad lidského poznání na zvířata a rostliny Vedoucí práce: doc. PhDr. Karel Thein, Ph.D. Vypracovala: Klaudie Richterová Abstrakt anglicky The last century has seen the rise of interest in the welfare of animals and one of the leaders of this movement has been the philosopher Peter Singer. His theory says that animals have their own interests, just like humans, because they are able to feel pleasure and pain. On the basis of this assumption he recurs to the principle of equal consideration of interests. Nevertheless this principle applies only to animals and human beings. However, modern research proves that humans and animals are not the only sentient beings on the Earth. Plants are not simply passive things in vegetative state. According to the current research, plants are active individuals who communicate with each other, have their own system of self-defence and basically their own way of life. In accordance with this new scientific knowledge we should include plants into the application of the principle of equal consideration of interests that is if we do not want to be proponents of species superiority.
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The Czech and Russian phraseology with animals in comparison
Novotná, Veronika ; Rozboudová, Lenka (advisor) ; Žofková, Hana (referee)
TITLE: Czech and Russian Phraseology with Animals in Comparison AUTHOR: Veronika Novotná DEPARTMENT: Department of Russian studies and linguodidactics SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Lenka Havelková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: This bachelor thesis is based on phraseologisms which use names of animals. It compares Czech and Russian phraseologisms. Theoretical part of the thesis deals with the phraseology itself and concentrates on the concepts such as phraseologism, idiom, proverb, comparison, etc. Practical part of the thesis analyses concrete Czech and Russian phraseological units involving the names of animals. These phrases are compared and determined taking into account the extent of their equivalence. Synoptic charts provide the meaning and origin of the Czech and Russian phraseologisms according to specialized phraseological and etymological dictionaries. The extent of equivalence of particular phraseologisms is defined in these charts. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to compare Russian and Czech phraseologisms mainly from their content and formal points of view, and find out the extent of their equivalence. KEY WORDS: phraseologism, language culture, classification of phraseologisms, origin, meaning
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Animal Symbols in Czech Phraseology in Comparison with Vietnamese Phraseology
Ngo Thi, Quynh Nga ; Pešička, Jiří (advisor) ; Ivanovová, Darina (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the comparison of symbols associated with occurrence of denomination of selected animal species in Czech and Vietnamese phraseology and idiomatics. In this respect it is an attempt to submit general characteristics of these symbols. The thesis consists of two main sections. The first section concentrates on parables, second one on proverbs. In both sections we characterized selected phraseological units from formal and semantic points of view and, if possible, we identified coincidences and similarities in both languages. Main Czech sources on which is this thesis based were two volumes of Slovník české frazeologie a idiomatiky (1. díl - Přirovnání a 4. díl - Výrazy větné) - Dictionary of Czech phraseology and idiomatic (1st part - Parables and 4th part - Sentential expressions), from Vietnamese point of view the main source was Từ điển Thành ngữ và tục ngữ Việt Nam - Dictionary of Vietnamese phraseology / idiomatics and proverbs.
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The symbol and the importance of animals in the Latin-American fable with regard to pre-hispanic tradition
Žaloudková, Veronika ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Sánchez Fernández, Juan Antonio (referee)
The content of this Bachelor's thesis called The symbol and the importance of animals in the Latin-American fable with regard to pre-hispanic tradition is focused on the definition of the concept of fable as a literary genre, its form, function, scale and language by which it is characterized. It's further defined and compared with other genres it could be confused with and whose development it had an influence on. The probable origin and presence in ancient Greek and Roman literature is also mentioned. This part of the work is focused on the most important ancient authors like Aesop, Phaedrus and Babrios. The European tradition continues with fables of La Fontaine and as with the previous authors, the work evaluates his style and also focuses on the life story of the writer. As a rarity the mini fable by Karel Čapek is mentioned. The specifics of fables in the Latin-American region are described further. This thesis defines these as an individual literary genre and provides description of the formation of fable in this region. Among other things this work stresses the importance of typing, which is very important for the Latin-American fable, becuse the authors intended to shape their stories into unique local style, therefore it was necessary to replace the European names of the animals with local...
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Animals in the Czech and Portuguese phraseology
Veverková, Anna ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Jindrová, Jaroslava (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the Portuguese and Czech idioms which contain names of animals and of the parts of their bodies. The initial part of the thesis discusses the theoretical aspects of phraseology regarding the differences in the approach of the Czech and Portuguese linguists. Based on the theoretical platform, the practical part is dedicated to the analysis of the idioms. The basis for the practical part is constituted by the extensive list of Portuguese and Czech idioms, which are analyzed from various points of view, but always with the objective to find differences between Czech and Portuguese as well as the traces which the two languages have in common. Apart from other aspects, the practical part is dedicated to the research of the equivalence between the Czech and Portuguese idioms, to the analysis of the chosen groups of expressions and to the etymology of some of them. Key words animals, phraseology, Czech, Portuguese
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