ANIMAL AND PLANT BIOLOGY AND ANIMAL GENETICS
cod. 1000379

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course -
Professor responsible for the course unit
SUPERCHI Paola
integrated course unit
9 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

Learning objectives

Know the characteristics of the cell, the tissues and the main functions of plant organs for the purpose of acquiring elements that allow them to be recognized and described, and their use by animals

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

 The constituents of living organisms: organic matter and inorganic matter. <br />
Autotrophism and heterotrophism. Some aspects of plant metabolism: photosynthesis; assimilation of nitrogen; taking up of the main mineral elements <br />
Prokaryotes. Saprophytism and symbiosis. Rhizobium-leguminose symbiosis. Eukaryotes:cell walls, plastids, vacuols. Cell development and differentiation. Plant tissues and their functions. Vegetative and reproductive systems. Products of secondarymetabolism. Angiosperms <br />
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Full programme

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Bibliography

BOCCHI A.: Elementi di Botanica, ed. Libreria Goliardica Parmense, 1977 - available from the General Library of the Faculty. <br />
GEROLA F.M., GEROLA P.D.: Botanica, Ed. UTET, Torino, 1988. <br />
PUPILLO P., CERVONE F., CRESTI M., RASCIO N.: Biologia Vegetale, <br />
Zanichelli editore Bologna,2003 <br />

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