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THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN THREE PARTS.
AN INTRODUCTORY PART, DURING WHICH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE TAUGHT:
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF SPECIES AND RELATED CLASSIFICATION. FIRST LIFE FORMS AND THEIR SPECIATION CONNECTED TO EVOLUTION PROCESSES. PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS. ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS. LIFE IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS.

A TAXONOMIC AND APPLICATIVE PART RELATED TO THE PLANT WORLD DURING WHICH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE TAUGHT:
ALGAE, FUNGI, LICHENS AND BRYOPHYTA: THEIR MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY. VASCULAR PLANTS (PTERIDOPHYTA, GYMNOSPERMS, ANGIOSPERMS): THEIR MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY. BASIC INFORMATION ON THE USE OF SEVERAL SPECIES ACROSS THESE TAXONOMICAL GROUPS AS A SOURCE OF FOOD. INTRODUCTION TO THE FOOD USE OF SOME WILD PLANT SPECIES. INTRODUCTION TO THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF SOME PLANT-BASED FOODS.
A TAXONOMIC AND APPLICATIVE PART RELATED TO THE ANIMAL WORLD (MODULE II)

SOLOMON P., MARTIN C.E., MARTIN D.W., BERG L.R. BIOLOGIA. VII EDIZIONE. EDISES SRL, NAPOLI - ISBN 9788879599405

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SYLLABUS - Module 2 of Biology 1.
The animal cell and tissues. Presentation of the main animal taxa in their phylogenetic relationships and in an evolutionary perspective, from unicellularity (ancestral protists) to the evolution of multicellularity (Metazoa) and its diversified organization during evolution also with hints on embryonic development (diblastic and triblastic organisms ; Protostomes and Deuterostomes; types of symmetry; Acelomates, Pseudocelomates and Coelomates organisms). The animal groups (phyla) are presented with their morpho-functional adaptations and their ecology, with attention to use in human nutrition and possible problems related to the food sector (for example food parasites). Main animal groups treated: Parazoa (Porifera); among Eumetazoa the Radiata (eg., Cnidarians and Ctenophores) and the Bilateria (eg., Platyhelminthes, Nematodes, Mollusks, Arthropods, Annelids, Bryozoans, Echinoderms, Chordates)

1) SOLOMON P., MARTIN C.E., MARTIN D.W., BERG L.R. EVOLUZIONE E BIODIVERSITÀ. VII EDIZIONE. EDISES SRL, NAPOLI
2) SOLOMON P., MARTIN C.E., MARTIN D.W., BERG L.R. STRUTTURA E PROCESSI VITALI NEGLI ANIMALI. VII EDIZIONE. EDISES SRL, NAPOLI

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