General Zoology

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General Zoology

Zoology N 014

Life Sciences Center

Institute of Biosciences

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Lectures

0

Consultations

2

Self-studies

8

Seminars

0

Aims of course

To assess personal, social abilities and knowledge related to protozoa and animal classification, biodiversity, distribution and practical use.

Main topics

General principles of zoological taxonomy.

The main groups of one-celled organisms: types Sarcomastigophora, Labyrintomorpha, Apicomplexa, and Ciliophora. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives.

Subregnum Metazoa. Origin of multicellular organisms. Development of animals. The main body planes of animals.

Type Placozoa: main characters and ecology.

Types Porifera, Coelenterata and Ctenophora. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives.

Type Platyhelminthes Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives. The most important human parasites and their development, ways of infection and prevention.

Types Gnatostomulida, Nemertini, Gastrotricha. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives.

Type Nematoda. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives. The most important human parasites and their development, ways of infection and prevention.

Types Rotifera, Cephalorhyncha, Acanthocephala, Dinophilida, Annelida, Echiurida, Sipunculida an Pogonophora. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives.

Type Arthropoda. The main characters. Subtypes Crustacea, Chelicerata, Myriapoda and Hexapoda. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives.

Types Mollusca, Tentaculata, Branchiopoda, Echinodermata. Main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives.

Type Chordata. Main characters, life cycles, ecology and biodiversity.

The main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives of lower Chordata.

The main characters, life cycles, ecology, biodiversity and typical representatives of Tunicata and Cephalocordata.

The main characteristics and body plane of the Vertebrata. Origin and evoliution of vertebrates.

Classes Hyperoartia, Pisces and Amphibia. The main characters, biology, taxonomy, distribution and ecology.

Origin and evolution of amniotic vertebrates.

Class Reptile. The main characters, systematics, distribution and etoecology.

Class Aves. The main characters, origin, behavior, systematics and distribution of birds.

Class Mammalia. The main characters, origin, behavior, systematics and distribution of mammalians.

Main literature

Assessment strategy

Assessment criteria

Exam

Requirements: 3 questions in the exam. Each exam question is evaluated with 10 points. 10 (excellent) - excellent, exceptional knowledge and abilities (the question is exceptional well analyzed, scientifically argued and well presented); 9 (very good)

- very good knowledge and abilities (the question is well analyzed, scientifically argued and well presented); 8 (good) - better than average knowledge (the essence of the question is clearly analyzed and well presented); 7 (average) - average knowledge and skills, there are insignificant mistakes (the essence of the question is analyzed, scientifically argued and presented); 6 (satisfactory) - knowledge and skills (skills) worse than average, there are errors (the essence of the question is inconsistently analyzed, argued and presented) 5 (weak) - knowledge and abilities (skills) meet the minimum requirements (the essence of the question is inconsistently and unclearly analyzed, argued and presented) 4-1 (unsatisfactory) - unsatisfactory minimum requirements.

Approved by the Council of Graduate School of Life Sciences Center No 600000-…-… on the …. of …… 2021

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