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B006285 - GENERAL ZOOLOGY
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Suggested readings
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Course program
Academic Year 2014-15
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
BIO/05 - ZOOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
02/03/2015 ⇒ 05/06/2015
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
General concepts in biology. Structure and functions of macromoleculesCellular organization. Cell cycle. Genetics. Population genetics. Biological evolution theories. Historical aspects of phylogeny. Poriphera nad cnidaria. Platelmints. Molluscs. Anellida. General aspects of Arthropods. Arthropods phylogeny. Characteristics of Invertebrate Phyla.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Campbell- Reece Principi di Biologia. Pearson 2010
Hickman C.P. Jr et al. Diversità animale. McGraw - Hill
Hickman C.P. Jr et al. Diversità animale. McGraw - Hill
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired:
Basic concepts and knowledge in biology and zoology.
Competence acquired:
The student has acquired competence on biology and zoology of invertebrates and to some of the application in faunistic activities.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
The student is able to know the basic biological mechanisms and recognize the invertebrate phyla and Classes.
Basic concepts and knowledge in biology and zoology.
Competence acquired:
The student has acquired competence on biology and zoology of invertebrates and to some of the application in faunistic activities.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
The student is able to know the basic biological mechanisms and recognize the invertebrate phyla and Classes.
Prerequisites
Courses required: none
Courses recommended: chemistry
Courses recommended: chemistry
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 48 (= x 25)
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 48 (= x 25)
Further information
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab: suggested
Teaching tools: : e-learning platform Moodle. Lesson slides
Teaching tools: : e-learning platform Moodle. Lesson slides
Type of Assessment
Oral test
Course program
General concepts in biology. Levels of organization. The scientific hypothesis. Structure and functions of macromolecules. Nucleic acids and molecular genetics. Cellular organization. Membranes. Energetic metabolism. Cell cycle. Meiosis and sexual cycles. Protista and sexual cycles. Mendelian genetics. Population genetics. Biological evolution theories. Historical aspects of phylogeny. Poriphera and Cnidaria. Platelmints. Molluscs. Anellida. General aspects of Arthropods. Arthropods phylogeny. Chelicerata. Crustaceans. Insects. Chilopoda and Diplopoda.