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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Bioloxía |
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| Zoology II |
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| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Zoology II | Code | 610G02032 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
Second | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| PART 1: Clade Ecdysozoa PART 2: Clade Deuterostomates not Chordates PART 3. Clade Chordate Deuterostomates |
PART 1: Clade Ecdysozoa Lesson 1.- Subphylum TRILOBITES. General characteristics. Lesson 2.- Subphyla CHELICERATA and PYCNOGONIDA. General characteristics. Classification. General characteristics of Merostomata. The Arachnids. General characteristics of Arachnids and Scorpions. Other groups of Arachnids. General characteristics of Pycnogonids (Sea Spiders). Systematic position and phylogenetic affinities. Lesson 3.- Subphylum MIRIÁPODOS. General characteristics. The Uniramia. Classification. General characteristics of Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Other groups of Myriapoda. Systematic position and phylogenetic affinities. Lesson 4.- Subphylum HEXAPODA. Main elements of the external anatomy. Buccal structures. The flight. Main elements of the internal anatomy. Insect reproduction. Models of post-embryonic development. Social organization in Insects. Classification and general characteristics of the main groups of Insects. Phylogenetic relations. Lesson 5.- Subphylum CRUSTACEA. Main elements of the external and internal anatomy. Classification and general characteristics of the main groups of Crustaceans. Phylogenetic relations. PART 2: Clade Deuterostomates non Chordates Lesson 6.- Phylum CHAETOGNATHA. General characteristics and phylogenetic relations. Lesson 7.- Phylum ECHINODERMATA. General characteristics. Classification. Main elements of the external and internal anatomy of the Class Asteroidea. Reproduction and development. General characteristics of the other classes. Phylogenetic relations. Lesson 8.- Phylum HEMICHORDATA. General characteristics and phylogenetic relations. PART 3. Clade Deuterostomate Chordates Lesson 9.- Phylum CHORDATES. General characteristics. The origin of Chordates. Classification and phylogenetic relations. Lesson 10.- Subphylum UROCHORDATES. General characteristics. Classification. Main anatomical elements of the Ascidiacea. Phylogenetic relations. Lesson 11.- Subphylum CEFALOCHORDATA. General characteristics. Phylogenetic relations. Lesson 12.- Subphylum VERTEBRATA. General characteristics of the Vertebrates. The origin of Vertebrates. Classification and phylogenetic relations. The first Vertebrates: Ostracoderms. The first mandibulates: Placoderms and Acanthodii. Origin and radiation of fishes (Classification). Superclass AGNATHA. General characteristics of Agnates. Lesson 13.- Subphylum VERTEBRATA. Superclass GNATOSTOMATA. Classes CONDRICTIA and OSTEICTIA. General characteristics. Main anatomic elements of Actinopterygii. Lesson 14.- Class AMPHIBIA. General characteristics. The land invasion; the first Tetrapods. Radiation in Tetrapoda. Classification. Main anatomical elements of the Amphibians. Lesson 15.- Class REPTILIA. Origin and adaptative radiation. The “reptile” concept. Main evolutive contributions. General characteristics of the different reptile groups. Lesson 16.- Class AVES. Origin and phylogenetic relations. Classification. Main anatomical characteristics. The feathers and the flight. Migratory behaviour. Lesson 17.- Class MAMMALIA. General characteristics. Origin and evolution. The tegument and derivates of tegument. Feeding and feeding specializations. Reproduction and reproductive patterns. Classification. |
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