Academic year2016/17
CourseBIOTECHNOLOGY
Code321EE
Credits12
PeriodSemester 1 & 2
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| BIOLOGIA ANIMALE | BIO/05 | LEZIONI | 56 | |
| BIOLOGIA CELLULARE | BIO/06 | LEZIONI | 56 | |
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Knowledge
The aim is to provide students with basic concepts and
notions, that are essential for a Biotechnologist being propaedeutic for numerous other disciplines included in the academic
curriculum.
The student who successfully completes the course should have the ability to characterize and give general characteristics for all major groups from Protists to
higher Invertebrate phyla with emphasis on biological peculiarities of the groups and its life cycle as well as an adaptations for particular condition of life. He or she should be able to demonstrate understanding of relationship between morphology and biology of animals and evolutionary connections inside the phyla.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
During the oral exam (choice of 2 essay questions), the student must demonstrate knowledge of the course material and produce some gereralization of the material from biological and evolutionary points of view. The student must demonstrate thew ability to descriminate real animals from different groups of invertebrates
and make a logical connection between morphological and biological characteristics of them.
Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Laboratory practical
Further information:
Final oral exam 60%; laboratory practical 40%
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- Laboratory work
Attendance: Mandatory
Teaching methods:
Syllabus
The course deals with the study of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells at
both the morpho-functional and molecular level, as well as the morphological and histo-physiological characteristics of
animal tissues pointing on the key steps of embryonic development.
The course covers all major groups from Protists to higher
Invertebrate phyla, namely: Amoebozoa, Actinopoda, Foraminifera, Radiolaria, flagellated (Kinetoplastida and Euglenida) and ciliated (Alveolata)
protists as well as biological and morphological peculiaruties of
invertebrates such as Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelmintes, Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda and Echinodermata.
Bibliography
1. Protozoology by K. Hausmann , N. Hulsmann, R. Radek.
E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagshuchhandlung, Berlin-Stuttgart, 2003, 3rd edition;
2. A Course in Protozoology by R. Rottger, R. Knight and W. Foisser (eds).
Protozoological monographs. Vol.4. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 2009;
3. Invertebrate Zoology by E. Ruppert, Fox, Barnes, UK, USA Thomson 2004, 7th edition or later.
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