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
Il MODULO 1 del Corso di ZOOLOGIA consiste in 6 crediti (CFU) di lezioni frontali (48 ORE), con proiezione di documenti Power Point. Il MODULO 2 del Corso di ZOOLOGIA consiste in 2 crediti (CFU) di lezioni frontali (16 ORE), con proiezione di documenti Power Point. IL TERZO MODULO DEL CORSO (ZOOLOGIA SISTEMATICA), PREVEDE FINO A SEI ESERCITAZIONI IN LABORATORIO E, A FINE CORSO, UNA POSSIBILE ESCURSIONE SUL CAMPO. DURANTE LE ESERCITAZIONI, SARANNO MOSTRATI VETRINI, ESEMPLARI VIVI E MATERIALE CONSERVATO, RELATIVI AI TAXA ANIMALI TRATTATI; E’ POSSIBILE CHE SIANO EFFETTUATE DISSEZIONI DI CAMPIONI MORTI PER L’ANALISI DELL’ANATOMIA INTERNA. NEL CORSO DELL’ESCURSIONE SUL CAMPO, SARANNO EFFETTUATE OSSERVAZIONI SULLA DIVERSITA’ E L’ECOLOGIA DELLE COMUNITA’ DI VERTEBRATI TERRESTRI IN ECOSISTEMI NATURALI, ILLUSTRANDO METODI DI CAMPIONAMENTO E DI IDENTIFICAZIONEType 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.