2019/2020

2019/2020

DM270

BIO/02 ()

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

6

52 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

ORSENIGO SIMONE - 5 ECTS
ROSSI GRAZIANO - 1 ECTS

Basic knowledge of cytology, in particular cellular reproduction (meiosis
and mitosis).

The main goals of the course are to introduce students to different topics related to botany, including morphology, function, evolution and systematic of plants. The expected
learning results are the capacity of understanding the structure and function of plant cell and tissue, as well as plant evolution and diversity and acquiring
general methods to recognize these organisms at different taxonomic
levels.

General Botany: the plant cell, reproductive cycles, notes on photosynthesis, plant cells and tissues. Root, stem, leaves, flowers.
Plant diversity: evolution, taxonomic and phylogenetic framework of photosynthetic organisms (taxonomy, nomenclature, study of variability). Cyanobacteria, algae, bryophytes. Vascular plants: pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms. Main families of angiosperms of the Italian flora.

The course includes lectures, focused on the structure of the plant cell and tissues and on the evolution and systematics of photoautotrophic organisms. Furthermore, practical exercises will be carried out during which students will observe cellular organelles and plant tissues with the help of microscopes and identify samples belonging to the systematic groups treated during the lessons with the use of determination keys for vascular plants using stereo-microscopes.

1) Pasqua G., Abbate G., Forni C., 2011
Botanica Generale e Diversità Vegetale. Piccin editore
2) Lecture notes provided by the teacher
3) pdf of some lessons provided through the Kiro portal

Oral and written examination with closed questions and open questions in which
the learned knowledge will be verified.

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