The main formative targets are:
1) the acquisition of an evolutionary approach to the animal biology;
2) the acquisition of a basic knowledge of both general zoology and animal diversity;
3) the self-evaluation by the student of the competence whitin the animal biology.
1) the acquisition of an evolutionary approach to the animal biology;
2) the acquisition of a basic knowledge of both general zoology and animal diversity;
3) the self-evaluation by the student of the competence whitin the animal biology.
teacher profile teaching materials
DEEPENING OF MAIN MORPHOLOGIC AND ECOLOGIC TRAITS (MODULE 1) AT CLASS LEVEL OR AT ORDER LEVEL FOR ARTHROPODA): PROTOZOA; PORIFERA AND NOTES ON PLACOZOA AND MESOZOA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA; PLATHYELMINTHES; NEMERTEA; MOLLUSCA; ANELLIDA; NOTES ON MINOR TAXA OF “ASCHELMINTES”; ONYCOPHORA AND RELATED TAXA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; ARTHROPODA; LOPHOPHORATA; ECHINODERMATA; CHORDATA
ANOTHER ADVICE: HICKMAN ET AL. ZOOLOGY. McGraw-Hill Education ED.
The power point files may be downloaded from the website: https://www.scienze.uniroma3.it/courses/2/details/2018/didactic_activities/1677
The professor receives every monday 11:00 to 13:00 by appointment via email: marcoalberto.bologna@uniroma3.it
IT’S RECOMMENDED FOR EXERCISES: SABELLI, 2009. ATLANTE DI DIVERSITA’ E MORFOLOGIA DEGLI INVERTEBRATI, PICCIN ED. (IN THIS TEXT ARE EXCLUDED PROTOZOA, PRESENT IN THE PREVIOUS EDITIONS THAT YOU CAN FOUND IN LIBRARY)
Programme
BASIC AND APPLIED ZOOLOGY. EVOLUTION AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES. STRUCTURAL LEVELS OF THE ANIMAL DIVERSITY. POPULATION AND SPECIES; PHENETIC, GENETIC AND GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION AND EVOLUTION; MICRO- AND MACROEVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION. ANAGENESIS AND CLADOGENESIS; “CLASSIC” EVOLUTION MODEL AND PUNCTUATED EQULIBRIUM THEORY. ADAPTATION AS RESULT OF EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES; ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES IN MARINE, FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL HABITATS; CRYPTIC COLOURATION AND CAMOUFLAGE; APOSEMATISM AND MIMICRY; ADAPTIVE RADIATION. MORPHOLOGY AD ADAPTATION OF THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS: FEEDING, RESPIRATION, LOCOMOTION AND DISPERSAL. ADAPTIVE CONVERGENCE, HOMOLOGY AND ANALOGY. SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION; POSTEMBRIONIC DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL CYCLES. PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY: AUTOECOLOGY: ECOLOGICAL NICHE; SYNECOLOGY: STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF ANIMAL COMMUNITIES; INTERSPECIFIC (COMPETITION, PREDATION, PARASITISM) AND INTRASPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS. DYNAMICS OF ANIMAL POPULATIONS. ANIMAL COLONIES AND SOCIETIES. PRINCIPLES OF ETHOLOGY: INNATE AND LEARNED BEHAVIOUR, ANIMAL COMMUNICATION, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR; HOME RANGE AND TERRITORIALITY, ORIENTATION BEHAVIOUR. PRINCIPLES OF ZOOGEOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL AND DYNAMIC CAUSES OF ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RANGE; DISPERSION AND DISPERSAL, BARRIERS AND COLONIZATION. ANIMAL PHYLOGENY: METHODS AND RULES OF TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS. CRITICAL ISSUES IN METAZOAN PHYLOGENY. OVERRVIEW ON BAUPLAN, FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE MAIN PROTOZOAN AND METAZOAN TAXA.DEEPENING OF MAIN MORPHOLOGIC AND ECOLOGIC TRAITS (MODULE 1) AT CLASS LEVEL OR AT ORDER LEVEL FOR ARTHROPODA): PROTOZOA; PORIFERA AND NOTES ON PLACOZOA AND MESOZOA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA; PLATHYELMINTHES; NEMERTEA; MOLLUSCA; ANELLIDA; NOTES ON MINOR TAXA OF “ASCHELMINTES”; ONYCOPHORA AND RELATED TAXA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; ARTHROPODA; LOPHOPHORATA; ECHINODERMATA; CHORDATA
Core Documentation
ANY UPDATED BOOK OF ZOOLOGY CAN POTENTIALLY BE USED, IF PREVIOUSLY AGREED WITH TEACHER. A VALID TEXTBOOK CAN BE THE FOLLOWING: GEAR R. ET AL. ZOOLOGY , VOL . 1: EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION; VOL . 2: DIVERSITY ' ANIMAL ). MONDUZZI ED.ANOTHER ADVICE: HICKMAN ET AL. ZOOLOGY. McGraw-Hill Education ED.
The power point files may be downloaded from the website: https://www.scienze.uniroma3.it/courses/2/details/2018/didactic_activities/1677
The professor receives every monday 11:00 to 13:00 by appointment via email: marcoalberto.bologna@uniroma3.it
IT’S RECOMMENDED FOR EXERCISES: SABELLI, 2009. ATLANTE DI DIVERSITA’ E MORFOLOGIA DEGLI INVERTEBRATI, PICCIN ED. (IN THIS TEXT ARE EXCLUDED PROTOZOA, PRESENT IN THE PREVIOUS EDITIONS THAT YOU CAN FOUND IN LIBRARY)
Type of delivery of the course
The MODULE 1 of ZOOLOGY consists of 6 credits (CFU) of frontal lessons (48 hours on the whole), based on Power Point slides. The MODULE 2 of ZOOLOGY consists of 2 credits (CFU) of frontal lessons (16 hours on the whole), based on Power Point slides. THE THIRD PART OF THE COURSE (SYSTEMATICS) INCLUDES UNTIL SIX LABORATORY PRACTICES. EVENTUALLY, ONE DAILY FIELD EXPERIENCE WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT THE END OF THE COURSE. LAB PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES CONCERN THE EXAMINATION OF SLIDES AND PRESERVED SPECIMENS OF ALL STUDIED TAXONOMIC GROUPS, AND POSSIBLY ANATOMICAL DISSECTIONS OF DEAD SPECIMENS. THE FIELD EXPERIENCE IS AIMED TO SHOW SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES USING TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES (ESPECIALLY BIRDS) AS MODEL.Type of evaluation
The evaluation of the student for the modules 1,2 and 3 occurs together, during the same oral examination, which consists of both the discussion of theoretic subjects included in the programme and the identification of animal species from conserved material and slides. The evalutation considers both the knowledge of the contents and the exposition capacity.