20410217 - ZOOLOGIA

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.
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Programme

Zoology (general part)
- Animal biodiversity (concepts and approach to the study of biodiversity)
- Introduction to disciplines studying biodiversity
- History and concepts of evolutionary thought
- Concept of inter- and intraspecific diversity and variability
- Concept of species and speciation
- Genetic drift, inbreeding, founder effect, bottleneck
- Evolutionary processes: extinction, adaptive radiation
- Adaptive processes and ecological niche
- Interaction between organisms (predation, parasitism, sociality, etc.)
- Concepts of community ecology

Core Documentation

Hickmann et al. Zoologia, Editore: McGraw-Hill Education (a cura di di Arizza Vincenzo, Coppellotti Olimpia, Guidolin Laura)
Rupert et al. Zoologia degli invertebrati, Ediotore: Piccin

Attendance

Mandatory

Type of evaluation

The examination will consist of an oral assessment consisting of theoretical questions and recognition of zoological specimens.