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APPLIED BIOLOGY
cod. 07848

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biologia applicata (BIO/13)
Field
Scienze biologiche e psicologiche
Type of training activity
Basic
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Integrated course unit module: BIOCHEMISTRY - BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

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Learning objectives

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<p align="left" style="text-align: left;" class="MsoTitle"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">The aim of this course is to give the student the ability to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" class="MsoTitle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">acquire the basic principles of<span style="">  </span>biological sciences and methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" class="MsoTitle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">learn and apply an evolutionary logic and perspective to interpreting the biological phenomena at different levels of organization (molecular, cellular, organismic)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" class="MsoTitle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">understand the correlation between structure and function at the different organizational levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" class="MsoTitle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">Acquire a biological perspective to the analysis of human behavior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="left" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;" class="MsoTitle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;"><span style="">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">Appraise the implication of human evolution for the bio-medical research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Course unit content

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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">1. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">The<strong style=""> </strong>Nature of science and biology: methods and organizing concepts<span style="">. The unifying principle of biology: The Theory of Evolution. Darwinian Medicine. The Chemistry of life.</span> Origins and evolution of life on Earth<span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">2. Cell Biology. Procaryotic and Eucaryotic cell. The cell cycle and reproduction: mitosis and meiosis. Male and female gametogenesis and their hormonal regulation. Evolution, consequences and adaptive significance of sexual reproduction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">3. The<span style="">  </span>modern evolutionary synthesis. The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem. Microevolution and its causes<em style="">. </em><span style="">The origin of species. </span>Macroevolution and Phylogeny.<span style="">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">Evolution of Vertebrates: an overview of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">Chordate characteristics and the vertebrate genealogy. Evolutionary trends in Primates: adaptations for acute vision. Early Anthropoids, Australopitecines and the genus Homo. The evolution of<span style="">  </span>bipedal locomotion and brain in Hominids. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">5. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">Biological Basis of human behavior</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">: Basic concepts of genetic and evolution of behavior. The debate Nature vs Nurture. Imprinting and the attachment Theory. Evolutionary Bio-psychology.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Bibliography

<br /><br />Textbooks:<br />Campbell: Biology (Benjamin/Cummings PC)<br />Solomon et al.: Biology (Thomson Learning Inc.)

Teaching methods

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Teaching methods:<br />
multimedial lessons<br />
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Examination:<br />
written test

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