Academic Year 2014/2015
- Docente: Antonio Bonfitto
- Credits: 4
- SSD: BIO/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Pharmacy (cod. 8413)
Learning outcomes
The course will provide basic knowledge of biology, with particular emphasis on structure, function, reproduction and evolution of the eukaryotic cell, as well as on structure and evolution of selected animal phyla.
Course contents
CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
Ions and molecules of biological interest. Aminoacids and protein
structures, nucleotides, nucleic acids. DNA, RNA, ATP. Glucides and
lipids.
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CELL.
Prokaryotes: structure. The Eukaryotic cell. Cell membrane. Active,
passive, mediated transport, etc. Exocytosis, endocytosis,
phagocytosis, pinocytosis. Golgi apparatus, peroxisomes.
Mitochondrion. Glycolysis, cellular respiration. Krebs cycle,
electron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation. Cytoskeleton,
microfilaments, microtubules, intermediate filaments. Actine,
Tubuline. Structure of cilia and flagella. Nucleus. Structure of
the nuclear membrane. Chromatine structure. Nucleosomes. Ribosomal
DNA organization. Nucleolus. Genome. Genome size. Gene
duplications. Repetitive sequences. Transcription. Translation.
Messenger RNA. Transfer RNA. Ribosomal RNA. Ribosomes. Protein
synthesis. Genetic code.
Cell cycle. Mitosis, Meiosis. Somatic and germ line. Asexual
reproductions. Sexual reproduction. Gametogenesis. Fecundation.
Parthenogenesis, Gynogenesis, Hybridogenesis.
HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION
Mendel. Codominace, incomplete dominance. Recombination. Gene maps.
Sex linked heredity. Gene interactions. Pleiotrophy, Quantitative
heredity. Point mutations. Chromosome mutations. Genomic mutations.
Human aneuploidies. Evidences of Evolution. Darwin. Natural
selection. Modern synthesis. Non-adaptative evolution. Gradualism
in evolution. Speciation. Systematic and classification of
animals.
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
Origin of life. Prebiotic synthesis of organic molecules. Miller.
Summary of the evolutionary history of the Life on Earth.
Readings/Bibliography
D.E.Sadava. D. M. Hillis
H. C. Heller.
M. R. Berenbaum
ELEMENTI DI BIOLOGIA E GENETICA
Ed. Zanichelli
Hillis-Sadava-Heller-Price
FONDAMENTI DI BIOLOGIA
Ed. Zanichelli
Campbell - Reece et al.
PRINCIPI DI BIOLOGIA
Ed. Pearson
Russel-Wolfe-Hertz-Starr & McMillian
BIOLOGIA
Ed. Edises
Solomon P. S. - Berg L. R. - Martin D. W.
FONDAMENTI DI BIOLOGIA
Ed. Pearson
Solomon P. S. - Berg L. R. - Martin D. W.
BIOLOGIA
Ed. Edises
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Multi choice test on paper
Teaching tools
Power Point presentations
Office hours
See the website of Antonio Bonfitto