GENERAL BIOLOGY
cod. 00069

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biologia applicata (BIO/13)
Field
Scienze biologiche e psicologiche
Type of training activity
Basic
15 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: BIOSCIENCES

Learning objectives

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<p align="left" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: left; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: normal;">Il corso di biologia si prefigge di far assimilare allo studente i principi di base delle scienze biologiche e del pensiero biologico. Lo studente arriverà a conoscere e ad applicare la logica e l’approccio evoluzionistico ai<span style="">  </span>fenomeni biologici<span style="">  </span>a diversi livelli di organizzazione del fenomeno vita (molecolare, cellulare e organico); a comprendere la relazione tra struttura e funzione degli organismi e le implicazioni dell’evoluzione umana per la ricerca biomedica;<span style="">  </span>ad acquisire una prospettiva biologica all’analisi del comportamento umano.<span style="">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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Course unit content

 
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<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">1. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">The<strong style=""> </strong>Nature of science and biology: methods and organizing concepts<span style="">. The unifying principle of biology: The Theory of Evolution. Darwinian Medicine. The Chemistry of life.</span> Origins and evolution of life on Earth<span style=""> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;">3. The<span style="">  </span>modern evolutionary synthesis. The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem. Microevolution and its causes<em style="">. </em><span style="">The origin of species. </span>Macroevolution and Phylogeny.<span style="">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">4</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">Evolution of Vertebrates: an overview of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: normal;">Chordate characteristics and the vertebrate genealogy. Evolutionary trends in Primates. Early Anthropoids, Australopitecines and the genus Homo. The evolution of<span style="">  </span>bipedal locomotion in Hominids. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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Bibliography

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Solomon et al., Fondamenti di Biologia, Edises<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">CD-Rom: Human Evolution <span style="">  </span></span>

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