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| ZOOL2006-1 | Zoology
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| Duration : | 66h Th, 49h Pr, 6h SEM, 3h FT |
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| Holder(s) : | Eric Haubruge |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | 1. Basic concepts of Zoology
Nature of Sciences and History of the Natural Sciences
Embryology and development
Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Animal Kingdom
2. Biological Evolution
Evolution : theory and mechanisms
Primates and evolution of Mankind
Facts of Evolution
3. Biodiversity and animal kingdom
The Origin of life and Protists
Invertebrates and the Origin of animal divesity
Evolution of the Chordates
4. Ethology
The four issues of Tinbergen
Ontogenesis, evolution, function and mechanism of behaviour
Social life
5. Entomology
Biology and ecology of insects
Morphology and systematics of insects
Setting up a box of insects |
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| Course objective : | Contributing to the student's basic knowledge by providing them with necessary technical skills in history of science, embryology, biodiversity of animal kingdom, ethology and theory of evolution
After completing the course the student is expected to
- have gained knowledge on biodiversity and the classification of animal kingdom
- have skills in developmental biology of animal organisms
- Apply the concepts of evolution in order to explain biological phenomena
- Explain in general terms the history of life and its major evolutionary events
- Build a phylogeny based on a series of data
- Apply Tinbergen theory to specific behavior
- have gained sufficient knowledge in evolution, ontogeny, function and mechanism of behaviour
- be able to identify about 15 orders and 100 families of insects by using an identification key
- show sufficient knowledge of the biology of insects |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 66h
Practical Works : 49h
Seminars : 6h
Field-study trip and visits : 3h |
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| Written notes : | GRASSE P.-P. (1948-1994) - Traités de Zoologie. Masson, Paris.
LEROY (1989) - Le vivant transparent. Biologie cellulaire illustrée. Biocosmos centre; 255 pp.
MEGLITSCH P.A. & SCHRAM F.R. (1991). Invertebrate Zoology. Oxford University Press, New York, 623 pages
MARGULIS L. & SCHWARTZ K.V. (1999). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to Phyla of Life on Earth. W.H. Freeman and Company, USA, 520 pages
BARNES R.S.K., CALOW P. & OLIVE P.J.W.(1993). The Invertebrates : a new synthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (UK), 487 pages
GOULD S.J. (1993). Le livre de la Vie. Edition du Seuil, Paris, 256 pages |
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| Assessment : | Written examination (60%)
Oral examination (40%) |
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| Contacts : | HAUBRUGE Eric (Professeur Ordinaire)
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
Belgique
+32 81 622284
E.Haubruge@ulg.ac.be |
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