Animal biology
Analysis of biodiversity, methodological procedures and instrumental broad spectrum for biological research.
Knowledge of the organization and basic functions of animal organisms. Knowledge, in evolutionary perspective, the Baupläne and major adaptations in different taxa. After completing the course the student should be able to identify an animal organism at least at the phylum and class level and to correlate its body organization plan to adaptive and evolutionary aspects.
BODY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
1. Bauplan and functions
2. Alimentation
3. Circulatory system
4. Excretion
5. Breathing
6. Locomotion
7. Nervous system and sense organs
8. Reproduction
9. Embryonic development
THE EVOLUTION OF DIVERSITY 'ANIMAL
1. Animal and the environment
2. Classification of living things
3. The unicellular
4. Switching to pluricellularity
5. Poriferi
6. The Cnidaria
7. Platyhelminthes
8. Pseudocoelomates
9. Anellids
10. Mollusks
11. Arthropods
12. Protostomia and Deuterostomia
13. Echinoderms
14. Chordates
15. Vertebrates
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