GENERAL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
cod. 1000100

Academic year 2012/13
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Paola PALANZA
Academic discipline
Biologia applicata (BIO/13)
Field
Scienze biomediche
Type of training activity
Basic
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Learning objectives

The aim of this course is to give the student the ability to:
- acquire the basic principles of biological sciences and methods.
- learn and apply an evolutionary logic and perspective to interpreting the biological phenomena at different levels of organization (molecular, cellular, organismic)
- understand the correlation between structure and function at the different organizational levels.
- Acquire a biological perspective to the analysis of human behavior
- Appraise the implication of human evolution for the bio-medical research

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

1. The Nature of science and biology: methods and organizing concepts. The unifying principle of biology: The Theory of Evolution. Darwinian Medicine. Origins and evolution of life on Earth
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.
3. The modern evolutionary synthesis.. Microevolution and its causes. The origin of species. Macroevolution and Phylogeny. Evolution of Vertebrates: an overview. Primates, Early Anthropoids, Australopitecines and the genus Homo: the evolution of bipedal locomotion.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Solomon et al., Biology,

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

written exam

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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