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ZOOLOGY
cod. 12882

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor responsible for the course unit
TAGLIAVINI James
integrated course unit
7 credits
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Course unit structured in the following modules:

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Learning objectives

The student will have to know the main instruments to describe animal structures and functions, and to recognize the main zoological taxa.

Prerequisites

<br />Elementary concepts of Biology acquired in secondary school courses.

Course unit content

<br />Basic notions about chemical composition of cell (lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids) - Subcellular structures and their functions: membranes, nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, vacuoles - Differentiated animal cells, tissues, organs (basic notions) - Cell cycles and animal cell division - Cell death (necrosis and apoptosis) - Meiosis - Protozoa, morpologies and life cicles - Spermatogenesis and oogenesis - Chromosomes - Sex determination and sexual dimorphism - Sexual and asexual reproduction - Embrionic development (basic notions) - Level of organization, morphology, habitat, feeding, respiration, excretion, osmotic regulation of the main invertebrate and vertebrate groups.

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Bibliography

-HICKMAN et al.- Fondamenti di Zoologia, ed. McGraw-Hill(2005).<br />-DORIT et al. - Zoologia, ed. Zanichelli. <br />-MITCHELL et al. - Zoologia, ed. Zanichelli.<br />-SOLOMON et al.- Fondamenti di biologia, ed. EdiSES, <br />-PURVES et al., "Biologia”-(parti I, II, III, IV, VI). - Zanichelli BO, <br /><br />

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