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Grao en Bioloxía
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  Zoology I
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PART 1: Introduction to Zoology

Lesson 1.- INTRODUCTION.

Lesson 2.- BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION .

Lesson 3.- ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION.

PART 2: Introduction to Metazoa

Lesson 4.- INTRODUCTION TO METAZOA.

PART 3: Placozoa, Porífera and Radiata

Lesson 5.- PLACOZOA.

Lesson 6.- RADIATA. CNIDARIA.

PART 4: Clado Lophotrochozoa

Lesson 7.- ACOELOMORPHA.

Lesson 8.- GNATHIFERA AND OTHER SMALLER LOPHOTROCHOZOA.

Lesson 9.- MOLLUSCA.

Lesson 10.- ANNELIDA.

Lesson 11.- LOPHOPHORATA.

PART 5: Clado Ecdysozoa

Lesson 12.- SMALLER ECDYSOZOA.

Lesson 13.- PANARTHROPODA. Fhyla ONICHOPHORA and TARDÍGRADA.

Lesson 14.- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTHROPODA.
PART 1: Introduction to Zoology

Lesson 1.- INTRODUCTION: Concept of Zoology, goal and subdisciplines. Levels of organization in animals. Concept of animal.

Lesson 2.- BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION: Theories of evolution. Analogy and Homology. Concept of population and concept of specie. Sympatric speciation and allopatric speciation.

Lesson 3.- ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION : Taxonomy and Systematics. Zoologicsl systematics: msin schools of systematics. Taxonomic categories and rules of zoological nomenclature. The great divisions of the animal kingdoml.

PART 2: Introduction to Metazoans

Lesson 4.- INTRODUCTION TO METAZOANS: The origin of metazoans. Animal Simmetry. Metamerism. Cephalization. Reproductive process and the early stages of embryonic development. Body Cavities: acoelomates, Pseudocoelomates and true coelomates. Origin and formation of the mesoderm and coelom.

PART 3: Placozoans, Poríferans and Radiated

Lesson 5.- PLACOZOANS: General characteristics. PORIFERANS: General characteristics and types of organization. Cell types and skeletal formations. Reproduction and development. Overview of key groups.

Lesson 6 -. RADIATED. CNIDARIANS: General characteristics. Polymorphism. Anatomy, cell types and skeletal formations. Study of Hydrozoans, Scyphozoans, Cubozoans and Anthozoa. CTENOPHORES: General characteristics.


PART 4: Clado Lophotrochozoans

Lesson 7.- ACOELOMORPHA. General characteristics. PLATYHELMINTHES: General characteristics and classification. Study of Turbellarians, Trematodes and Cestodes. MESOZOANS: General characteristics. NEMERTEANS: General characteristics.

Lesson 8.- GNATHIFERANS AND OTHER SMALLER LOPHOTROCHOZOA: General characteristics. Overview of key groups.

Lesson 9.- MOLLUSCS: General characteristics and fundamental plan of organization. Classification. Organization, reproduction and development of gastropods, bivalves and cephalopods. References to other groups of molluscs.

Lesson 10.- ANNELIDS. General characteristics and classification. Organization, reproduction and development of Polychaetes, Oligochaetes and Hirudineans. References to related groups.

Lesson 11.-. Lophophorans. General characteristics of Lophophorans. Main elements of the external and internal anatomy of bryozoans. General characteristics of brachiopods and Phoronides Phylogenetic relationships.


PART 5: Clado Ecdysozoans

Lesson 12.- SMALLER ECDYSOZOANS. General characteristics.

Lesson 13.- PANARTHROPODA. Phyla Onychophora and Tardigrada. General characteristics.

Lesson 14.-. ARTHROPOD GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. Definition of Arthropod and position in the animal kingdom. Arthropodization process. Major groups of arthropods. Classification. Integument and integument formations. Formation and change of the cuticle. General organization of the body of an Arthropod. The arthropod appendage. Tagmosis process. General organization of the different body systems.
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