2021/2022

2021/2022

DM270

BIO/05 (ZOOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

(01/03/2022 - 14/06/2022)

9

72 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST

OMETTO LINO - 9 ECTS

Basic knowledge of biology (cytology, physiology, genetics, etc.).

Learn the characteristics of animal organisms, in particular invertebrates. Understand the origin of the diversity of organisms and be able to recognize the processes that have shaped their evolutionary history.

Conceptual bases, methods and fields of study of Zoology.
Concepts of phylogeny-ontogeny, homology, apomorphy, plesiomorphy, convergence, parallelism, adaptations; relationship between form and function; short history of the theory of evolution; evolutionary processes and mechanisms; bases of phylogenetics; biogeography.
Functions: protection, support and movement; nutrition; circulation and respiration; excretion and osmoregulation; immunity; nervous system; reproduction.
Structural plan (Bauplan) of the main phyla of Protozoans and Metazoans (including Porifers, Cnidarians, Platelminths, Molluscs, Anellids, Arthropods, Echinoderms), focusing on their evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships.

Lectures and seminars.

Any zoological textbook is fine.
Suggested book:
- Zoologia (di Casiraghi, De Eguilor, Cerrano), UTET Università (in Italian)

Additional textbook to go deeper into the subject:
- Invertebrates (di Brusca, Moore, Shuster), OUP USA (3rd edition, in English)

Oral exam.

Oral exam.

This course provides knowledge consistent with Goal 14: "Life below Water: Conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development" and Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda: "Life on Land: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of the Earth's ecosystem".
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