Academic Year 2017/2018
- Docente: Rosanna Falconi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Biodiversity and Evolution (cod. 8419)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will acquire an advanced knowledge on some main researches in zoology which are introduced in a tutorial form and on the instruments and methods of investigation illustrated by means of experience in laboratories of the department. In particular the student will acquire the faculties to select the right experimental approach (population study, morphological, caryological, molecular), according to the different zoological research subject
Course contents
Histological, cytological and molecular tecniques . Ligth and both
transmission and scanning electron microscopy - Field data
collecting and analysis - Morphology and systematics -
Cariology - Faunal census
Readings/Bibliography
Teachers notes and slides
Teaching methods
Front lessons and laboratory practice
Assessment methods
The examination focuses on the achievement of the formative
purpose: To know some of the main areas of zoological research. To
know the instruments used in the research. To know the methods of
experimental approach. To be able to identify the right instrument
to face a particular problem.
The grade is determined through a written dissertation discussed
orally
Teaching tools
Projector, optical and electronic microscopes; equipment for
laboratory and field
Office hours
See the website of Rosanna Falconi