PLANT BIODIVERSITY
(objectives)
APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF PLANTS IN A DEFINITE FRAME OF TAXOMOMIC HIERARCHY; KNOWLEDGE OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS USEFUL TO SYSTEMATICS AND PHYLOGENESIS; RECOGNIZE WITH EMPHASIS THE MAIN AND MOST IMPORTANT PLANTS IN ITALY; USE OF TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS FOR THE FLORA STUDIES: HERBARIUM, ANALYTICAL KEYS, SURVEY IN FIELD, ETC.
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Code
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20402500 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module: |
Code
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20402500-1 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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5
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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BIO/02
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Contact Hours
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40
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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LUCCHESE FERNANDO
(syllabus)
METHODS AND PRINCIPLES OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS (1 CREDIT). DEFINITION OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS AS THE BIODIVERSITY STUDY AND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE PLANTS. CLASSIFICATION. USE OF CHARACTERS: MORPHOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, EMBRIOLOGY, CHROMOSOMES, GENETICS; GOOD AND BAD CHARACTERS. MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS. SPECIATION PROCESSES: SPECIES CONCEPT AND DEFINITION, GENE FLOW, INTROGRESSION, HYBRIDIZATION, GEOGRAPHIC AND GENETIC ISOLATION, APOMIXY, POLYPLOIDY. BIOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF PLANTS. SKILLS FOR THE SYSTEMATICS STUDY: BOTANICAL GARDENS, HERBARIA, LIBRARY, ANALYTICAL KEYS, NOMENCLATURE CODEX. GAMETOPHYTE AND SPOROPHYTE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENESIS TECHNIQUES AND APG SYSTEMATICS: OLD AND NEW IN PLANT SYSTEMATICS. SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PTERIDOPHYTA (1 CREDIT), EVOLUTION FROM PSYLOPHITES TO FERNS. SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF GYMNOSPERMAE (1 CREDIT), EVOLUTION FROM GYNKOACEAE TO GNETACEAE. SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANGIOSPERMAE (2 CREDITS). TECNIQUES FOR THE LABORATORY STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS (MICROSCOPY AND DISSECTION), FLORAL FORMULAS, AND IN FIELD (LENS). COLLECT MATERIAL FROM FIELD AND IDENTIFICATION. EXCURSION IN FIELD AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION.
(reference books)
CD LECTURES STRASSBURGER, BOTANICA SISTEMATICA VOL 2°, DELFINO. PIGNATTI S., 1982. FLORA D’ITALIA, 1-2-3 VOL, ED. EDAGRICOLE
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2015 to 20/12/2015 |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Module: |
Code
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20402500-2 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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1
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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BIO/02
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Contact Hours
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-
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Exercise Hours
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10
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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LUCCHESE FERNANDO
(syllabus)
METHODS AND PRINCIPLES OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS (1 CREDIT). DEFINITION OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS AS THE BIODIVERSITY STUDY AND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE PLANTS. CLASSIFICATION. USE OF CHARACTERS: MORPHOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, EMBRIOLOGY, CHROMOSOMES, GENETICS; GOOD AND BAD CHARACTERS. MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS. SPECIATION PROCESSES: SPECIES CONCEPT AND DEFINITION, GENE FLOW, INTROGRESSION, HYBRIDIZATION, GEOGRAPHIC AND GENETIC ISOLATION, APOMIXY, POLYPLOIDY. BIOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGY OF PLANTS. SKILLS FOR THE SYSTEMATICS STUDY: BOTANICAL GARDENS, HERBARIA, LIBRARY, ANALYTICAL KEYS, NOMENCLATURE CODEX. GAMETOPHYTE AND SPOROPHYTE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENESIS TECHNIQUES AND APG SYSTEMATICS: OLD AND NEW IN PLANT SYSTEMATICS. SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PTERIDOPHYTA (1 CREDIT), EVOLUTION FROM PSYLOPHITES TO FERNS. SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF GYMNOSPERMAE (1 CREDIT), EVOLUTION FROM GYNKOACEAE TO GNETACEAE. SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANGIOSPERMAE (2 CREDITS). TECNIQUES FOR THE LABORATORY STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS (MICROSCOPY AND DISSECTION), FLORAL FORMULAS, AND IN FIELD (LENS). COLLECT MATERIAL FROM FIELD AND IDENTIFICATION. EXCURSION IN FIELD AND SPECIES IDENTIFICATION.
(reference books)
CD LECTURES STRASSBURGER, BOTANICA SISTEMATICA VOL 2°, DELFINO. PIGNATTI S., 1982. FLORA D’ITALIA, 1-2-3 VOL, ED. EDAGRICOLE
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2015 to 20/12/2015 |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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