28611 - Biodiversity and Animal Evolution (M-Z)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Barbara Mantovani
  • Credits: 3
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)

Learning outcomes

Basic knowledge on animal biodiversity and evolutionary mechanisms.

Course contents

The origin of life; evolutionary theories; taxonomic category.

Protozoa

The Animal Kingdom: bauplan and phyletic relationships of the main animal phyla (Celomesozoa, Placozoa, Mesozoa, Poriphera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Plathyhelmintes, Nematoda, Rotifera, Anellidae, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Cordata)

Readings/Bibliography

To be defined

Teaching tools

PPT presentation

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Mantovani