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GENERAL BIOLOGY

CODE 84025
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 6 cfu during the 1st year of 8465 METODOLOGIE FILOSOFICHE (LM-78) - GENOVA
  • 5 cfu during the 3nd year of 8760 MATEMATICA (L-35) - GENOVA
  • 5 cfu during the 1st year of 9011 MATEMATICA(LM-40) - GENOVA
  • 5 cfu during the 1st year of 9916 SCIENZE AMBIENTALI E NATURALI (L-32) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR BIO/05
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Acquisition of the bases for understanding the living world, knowledge of cell types and the fundamental processes taking place at the cell level (transcription and translation). Knowledge of the fundamental processes of photosynthesis and cell respiration.

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The attendance and participation in the planned training activities will enable the student to acquire the knowledge of General Biology studied in an evolutionary key.

    Specifically, the student will be able to:

    • To know the current theories concerning the origin of life, the onset of eukaryotic cells and the evolution of metazoans.

    • To know the main evolutionary theories able to explain the evolutionary radiation of the animals.

    • To know the genetic code.

    • To know the main processes related to the transmission of characters

    • To know the main processes related to energy metabolism in autotrophs and heterotrophs.

    • To understand the relationship between form and function at the level of the main organic systems of animals.

    • To know the relationships that bind the souls between them and their environment.

    • To knowing the relationships between animals and humans

    TEACHING METHODS

    The course consists of lectures .  Lectures in the classroom are delivered through multimedia presentations.

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Water, the molecule and its structure, characteristics of water.

    Biomolecules; carbon and its possibilities in molecular architecture, functional groups, reactivity of functional groups, sugars, lipids, amino acids, proteins and enzymes, polymers of biological importance, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids.

    History of Life on Earth.

    Main evolutionary theories.

    Concept of Species and Speciation.

    Cellular anatomy

    Energy metabolism, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, glycolysis, fermentation, cellular respiration

    Cell reproduction; Bacterial cells, eukaryotic cells, cell cycle, control of cell division, chromosomes, abnormal cell divisions. Meiosis and cycles of sexual life, DNA and chromosomes, mitosis-meiosis comparison, origin of genetic variety, Mendel's laws, gene, chromosomal bases of inheritance, molecular bases of inheritance, transcription and translation processes.

    Relationship between form and function in animals (Nutrition-Nutrition, Gaseous exchanges, Apparatocirculation, Excretion, Body surface, Skeleton, Movement, Nervous system, Sense organs, Hormonal regulation, Reproduction)

    Organisms and the environment

    Organisms and man

     

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    All slides used during lessons and other teaching materials will be available on AulaWeb at the end of each lesson cycle.

    The following books are suggested as an example, but students can still use other university level texts. The recommended texts are available and can be consulted at the M.F.N. School of Science Library

    • Mader, Biologia: l'essenziale PICCIN
    • AA.VV. Zoologia Parte Generale  Idelson Gnocchi

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    GIORGIO BAVESTRELLO (President)

    MARZIA BO

    MARCO BERTOLINO (President Substitute)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    From 24th september 2018

    Class schedule

    GENERAL BIOLOGY

    EXAMS

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    24/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    06/02/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    12/04/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    20/06/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    11/07/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    25/07/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    05/09/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale
    19/09/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale