| ZOOLOGIA
(objectives)
The aim of the course is to provide students with a general knowledge of biodiversity as regards the animal kingdom and the experimental approaches that enable it to be studied, and in particular knowledge on physiology, morphology, behaviour, evolution, and classification of species. Students will learn an evolutional approach to animal biology to understand animal diversity in all its manifestations in relation to the various environments and organisms. The acquired knowledge and methodological approach can be useful both in the future of biological studies and in professional application.
Students will have to demonstrate good basic knowledge in the zoo, be familiar with the scientific inquiry method and be able to interpret the data by making evolutionary links and synthesizing acquired knowledge.
The course aims to allow the student to acquire the tools to describe the structures, functions, and behavior of animals as well as the recognition of the main taxa.
Making judgements by taking advantage of the acquired knowledge, the student will have to be able to confront the great theme of the origin of life and animal biodiversity. As they are enriched with new hypotheses.
Communication skills: Students' ability to talk, discuss, and discuss questions raised during lessons about the topics discussed will be stimulated. Learning skills: to be able to discuss Zoology related issues with particular attention to the mechanisms of evolution, animal biodiversity and its protection. This ability will be developed and tested by involving students in oral class discussions
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Code
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15287 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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9
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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BIO/05
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Contact Hours
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64
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Laboratory Hours
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8
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Group: 1
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Teacher
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FAUSTO Anna Maria
(syllabus)
Modern zoology and its branches, Role of zoological fields in modern Biology.
The species: concepts and definition of biological species; diagnostic characters of biological species. Systematic characters of species, rules of zoological nomenclature. Distribution of animal species and zoo-geographical regions.
Creationism and Darwinism. Genetic variability: origin, distribution, regulation. Introduction to population genetics. Micro-evolution and macro-evolution. Mechanisms of speciation, sympatric and allopatric. Adaptations and mechanisms of reproduction. Homologies and analogies.
General description of adaptive physiology: nutrition, respiration, systems of internal transport, homeostasis and excretion, skeletons and locomotion, nervous and sensorial systems, comparative immunology and internal defences.
Mechanisms of reproduction: agamic reproduction and regeneration. Sexual reproduction. Sex determination. Primary and secondary sexual characters. Sexual dimorphism. Gonocorism, ermaphroditism partenogenesis. Internal and external fecundation, embryonal and post-embryonal development.
Introduction to ethology: stimuli and signals, communications, courtship, parental cares, aggression, innate and acquired behaviour. Social animal species.
Intra- and inter- specific relationships, societies and colonies, competition, territorialism, predation, competition, symbiosis, parasitism. Colour adaptations, cryptic and mimetic features, bioluminescence.
General concepts of evolutionary biology, biodiversity, systematics and phylogenesis. Systematic nomenclatures and cladystics, genotypes and phenotypes, adaptation strategies, reproduction and development of main animal taxa: Protozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelmintha, Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinoderma, Chordata.
(reference books)
The following books are recommended as an alternative to each other:
Miller-Harley. Zoologia: Parte generale - Parte sistematica, Idealson-Gnocchi..
De Bernardi et al. Zoologia: Parte generale - Parte sistematica, Idealson-Gnocchi
Argano R. et al. Zoologia e Diversità animale, Monduzzi.
Other books:
Argano R. et al. Zoologia e Evoluzione ed adattamento, Monduzzi.
Hickman et al. Diversità Animale, McGraw-Hill
Hickman et al. Fondamenti di Zoologia, McGraw-Hill.
Freeman B.H. e Bracegirdle B. Atlante di Anatomia degli Invertebrati, Piccin.
Zaffagnini F. e Sabelli B. Atlante di Morfologia degli Invertebrati, Piccin.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Group: 2
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Teacher
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SCAPIGLIATI Giuseppe
(syllabus)
Modern zoology and her branches, Role of zoological fields in moden Biology.
The species: concepts and definition of biologica species; diagnostic characters of biological species. Systematic characters of species, rules of zoological nomenclature. Distribution of animal species and zoo-geographical regions.
Creationism and Darwinism. Genetic variabilità: origin, distribuito, regulation. Introduction to population genetica. Micro-evolution and macro-evolution. Mechanisms of speciation, sympatric and allopatric. Adaptations and mechanisms of reproduction. Homologies and analogies.
Introductory description of adaptive physiology: nutrition, respiration, systems of internal transport, homeostasis and excretion, skeletons and locomotion, nervous and sensorial systems, comparative immunology and internal defences.
Mechanisms of reproduction: agamic reproduction and regeneration. Sexual reproduction. Sex determination. Primary and secondari sexual attributes. Sexual dimorphism. Gonocorism, ermaphroditism partenogenesis. Internal and external fecundation, embryonal and post-embryonal development.
Introduction to ethology: stimuli and signals, communications, courting, parental cares, aggression, innate and acquired behaviour. Social animal species.
Intra- and inter- species relationships, societies and colonies, competition, territorialism, predation, competition, symbiosis, parasitism. Colour adaptations, cryptic and mimetic features, bioluminescence.
General concepts of evolutionary biology, biodiversity, systematics and philogenesis. Systematic nomenclatures and cladystics, genotypes and phenotypes, adaptation strategies, reproduction and development of main animal taxa: Protozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematodes, Annelida, Molluscs, Arthropods, Echinoderms, Chordata.
(reference books)
1- HICKMAN-CLEVELAND FONDAMENTI DI ZOOLOGIA 15A EDIZ, EDIZIONI MCGRAW-HILL.
2- HICKMAN - ROBERTS - KEEN - EISENHOUR - LARSON – LANSON, DIVERSITÀ ANIMALE, MCGRAW-HILL, from 2012 onward
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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