APPLIED BIOLOGY II
cod. 1005599

Academic year 2015/16
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biologia applicata (BIO/13)
Field
Scienze biomediche
Type of training activity
Basic
7 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES II

Learning objectives

The aim of this course is to give the student the ability to:
- - understand the correlation between structure and function at the different organizational levels.
- mechanisms and consequences of sexual reproduction
- Appraise the implication of human evolution for the bio-medical research

Prerequisites

basic knowledge of chemistry, physic and biology.

Course unit content

1. Sexual reproduction: meiosis. Male and female gametogenesis and their hormonal regulation.
3. The modern evolutionary synthesis. Microevolution and its causes. The origins of species. Evolution of Vertebrates: an overview. Evolution of the mammalian middle ear. Primates, Australopitecines and the genus Homo. The evolution of bipedal locomotion and brain in Hominids

Full programme

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Bibliography

Solomon et al., Fondamenti di Biologia, Edises

Teaching methods

During classroom lectures I will illustrate and discuss the state of the art, concepts and experiments in the specific issue of biology. The lectures will be in an interactive format and students are strongly encouraged to ask questions and insert comments

Assessment methods and criteria

A written exam will be given during class time comprising of.
Final exam, which has to be taken together with the other topics of the integrated course, is written (20 multiple choice or T-F questions and two open–answer questions) and oral.

Other information

Additional course material on ear evolution in vertebrates and on Hominid evolution is available the course website