Stefano CASTIGLIONE | BOTANY
Stefano CASTIGLIONE BOTANY
cod. 0512800005
BOTANY
| 0512800005 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA E BIOLOGIA "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI" | |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
| 2014/2015 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010 | |
| ANNUALE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO/01 | 7 | 56 | LESSONS | |
| BIO/01 | 1 | 12 | EXERCISES |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON: THE STRUCTURE OF MACROMOLECULES, THE FUNCTIONING OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL, ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION OF PLANTS, THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF ANGIOSPERMAE. TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE SKILLS TO ANALYZE AND UNDERSTAND PROBLEMS OF CELL BIOLOGY AND PLANT ISTO-ANATOMY. TO COLLECT AND INTERPRET RELEVANT DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF CELL BIOLOGY AND PLANT HISTO-ANATOMY. TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION ACQUIRED, IDEAS, ISSUES AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS OF CELL BIOLOGY AND PLANT HISTO-ANATOMY. TO HAVE DEVELOPED SKILLS SUFFICIENT TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES DIRECTLY RELATED TO CELL BIOLOGY AND ANATOMY PLANT HISTOLOGY IN THE SUBSEQUENT COURSES RELATED TO GENERAL BIOLOGY, PLANT ANATOMY AND ECOLOGY. THE STUDENT WILL ALSO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN PHYSOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES CHARACTERIZING ANIMALS. THEY WILL ALSO DEVELOP AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON ANIMAL RADIATION AND WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE MAIN PHYLA BASED ON THEIR DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| THE BASIS OF PLANT, ANIMAL, MICROBIAL BIOLOGY INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PROVIDED BY HIGH SCHOOLS. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| ORGANIZATION OF THE LIVING BEINGS. ATOMS AND MOLECULES. WATER AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR THE LIVING BEINGS. THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL. ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS. AUTOTROPHIC AND HETEROTROPHIC METABOLISM. NOTES ON CELLULAR BREATHING. PHOTOSYNTHESIS. DNA AND GENETIC INFORMATION. THE CHROMOSOMES. THE CELL CYCLE. INHERITANCE AND PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELL REPRODUCTION. TERRESTRIAL PLANTS: FLOWERING PLANTS AND ITS REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE. THE PLANT TISSUES. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GROWTH. ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION OF PLANTS: ROOT, STEM, LEAF AND FLOWER. MAIN FEATURES OF ANIMALS. REPRODUCTION AND EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT. EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION, SEXUAL SELECTION, GENETIC DRIFT. SYMPATRIC AND ALLOPATRIC SPECIATION. CLASSIFICATION, SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF ANIMALS. ANALYSIS OF MAIN ANIMAL PHYLA BASED ON MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR AND EVOLUTION. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE BIOLOGY COURSE INCLUDES: LECTURES WITH THE SUPPORT OF MODERN TEACHING SUPPORTS SUCH AS PROJECTIONS BY MEANS OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS WITH DEDICATED EDUCATIONAL FILMS; LABORATORY PRACTICES WITH ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT SUCH AS QUALITY OPTICAL MICROSCOPES TO CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS IN AUTONOMY OF EUKARYOTE CELLS AND CELL ORGANELLES AS AMILO-LEUCOPLASTS, CHLOROPLASTS, NUCLEI AND VACUOLES, ANATOMICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STRUCTURES OF HIGHER PLANT ORGANISMS; HANDS-ON ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGY OF MAIN ANIMAL PHYLA BASED ON SELECTED MUSEUM SPECIMENS. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| LEARNING ISSUES ADDRESSED BY THE COURSE TO THE STUDENTS WILL BE VERIFIED BY: TEST ADMINISTERED WITH REGULAR CADENCE OR AT THE END OF EACH PROPOSED SPECIFIC LECTURE TOPIC HELD BY THE PROFESSOR IN CHARGED OF THE BIOLOGY COURSE; A FINAL WRITTEN TEST BY MEANS OF RESPONSES TO MULTIPLE QUESTIONS, SHORT AND SYNTHETIC RESPONSE DISCURSIVE AND WIDE RESPONSES RELATED TOPICS FROM THE COURSE OF BIOLOGY. ORAL QUESTIONS ON TOPICS RELATED TO LABORATORY EXERCISES IN THE FIELD OF PLANT ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| BIOLOGIA, V EDIZIONE, YEAR 2008, SOLOMON - BERG - MARTIN, PUBLISHER EDISES, ISBN: 9788879594776 BOTANICA: FONDAMENTI DI BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE J.M: MAUSET III ITALIANA EDITION . IDELSON-GNOCCHI, NAPOLI-IT CLEVELAND P. HICKMAN, JR., S. ROBERTS, S. L. KEEN, D. J. EISENHOUR, A. LARSON, H. LANSON (2012). ZOOLOGIA. MC GRAW HILL. |
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