1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Biological Sciences
3. winter term 2021/2022
4. Environmental Protection - First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
5. Animal Biology

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Animal Biology - course description

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with selected issues related to animal biology, i. e. adaptations to aquatic and terrestrial life, learning about changes in the body building plan that takes place in the course of evolution, phylogenetic affinities and life cycles of selected species of animals.

Prerequisites

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Knowledge of basic zoology, evolution and ecology.

Scope

Lecture

1. Diversity in animals.
2. Adaptive characteristics of animals for aquatic and terrestrial life.
3. Hypotheses about the evolution of animals.
4. Characteristics of animals with asymmetrical structure or radial or dioramia symmetry.
5. Changes in body structure, phylogenetic relationships and life cycles of selected animal types.
6. Synapomorphic features of vertebrates.
7. Main groups of vertebrates.
8. The benefits of warming up animals.

Excercise

1. Body plans. Types of symmetry. Body cavities and tissues.
2. The type of skin of animals and type of skeleton of animal.
3. The characteristics of body covering of the invertebrates and vertebrates.
4. Phylum: porifera, cnidarian and ctenophora.
5. The anatomical structure of the planarian, the next stages of infections of the Tapeworm (Taenia spp.).
6. Phylum Mollusca.
7. Adaptive characteristics of animals for aquatic and terrestrial life.

Teaching methods

Multimedia lecture. Laboratory classes where the student presents selected issues, and conducts laboratory classes according to the instructions. It analyzes evolutionary changes based on didactic films.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Laboratory - a condition of credit is to obtain positive grades from all laboratory exercises, which are to be implemented within the laboratory program. Written test with scoring thresholds. A minimum of 60% of the total points earned can be obtained from the exam.

Recommended reading

1. Richard D. Jurd. Biologia zwierząt – Krótkie wykłady. PWN 1999 Warszawa, 

2. N. Campbell  J. Reece  Biologia Dom Wydawniczy Rebis. Poznań, 2012, 

3. Eldra P. Solomon Linda R. Berg Diana W. Martin, Biologia. Wydawnictwo Multico 2014.

Further reading

Notes

Modified by dr hab. Bartłomiej Najbar, prof. UZ (last modification: 23-05-2021 21:51)