BIOLOGIA VEGETALE E BIOLOGIA ANIMALE M - Z
Academic Year 2018/2019 - 1° YearCredit Value: 7
Scientific field: BIO/15 - Pharmaceutical biology
Taught classes: 49 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
Provide the student with adequate knowledge on the morphology and physiology of animal and plant cells
Course Structure
Face-to face-lesson
Detailed Course Content
Composition and organization of living matter.
Chemical composition of the cell: water, minerals, amino acids, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids.
Principles of classification of living organisms: Virus, prokaryotes and eukaryotes and the relationship with the ecosystem.
Morphology of animal and vegetable cells.
Cell wall, growth of the cell wall. Changes in the cell wall: lignification, mineralization, gelation, pigmentation.
Structure and function of the plasma membrane: cell permeability, transport, exocytosis and endocytosis.
Intracellular structures: Nucleus, Endoplasmic reticulum, Ribosomes, Golgi complex, Lysosome, Vacuoles (microbodies), Mitochondria, Cytoskeleton, Chloroplasts, chromoplasts, leucoplasts.
Biochemical mechanism of photosynthetic light reactions, photorespiration.
Metabolism: primary metabolites, intermediate metabolites and secondary metabolites.
Characters tissue. Systems of tissues and their classification. Meristematic tissues or cells.
Adult tissues or definitive: system parenchyma, tegument system, conducting system, segregators system and mechanical system.
Cell cycle. DNA replication, mitosis, meiosis, mutations in the DNA.
Overview of genetics: concepts of heterozygous, homozygous and hemizygous, dominant and recessive characters, genotype, phenotype and karyotype, Mendel's laws.
Genetic code, transcription, translation.
Textbook Information
1. N.L. Campbell. -Biologia- Ed. Zanichelli
2. Solomon, Martin, Martin, Berg -Biologia- VII EDIZIONE Ed. Edises
3. Solomon, Martin, Martin, Berg -Elementi Biologia- VII EDIZIONE Ed. Edises integrated with
4. Solomon, Martin, Martin, Berg -Evoluzione e Biodiversità- VII EDIZIONE Ed. Edises and with
5. Solomon, Martin, Martin, Berg-Struttura e processi vitali nelle piante- VII EDIZIONE Ed. Edises
6.Hardin, Bertoni- Becker. Il mondo della cellula- IX Edizione, Ed. Pearson