Biological coordinate systems 1000-715BSK
Topics covered in lectures:
The organism in the environment.
Energy transformations in plants and animals
Transport processes in plants and animals
Water and mineral management in plants and animals
Signal transmission in plants and animals
Tropisms, nasties and autonomic movements in plants
Motor system in animals - skeleton and muscles
Reproduction in plants and animals
Stress in plants and animals
Regulatory processes at the population, organism and tissue level
Topics developed by students in conversation classes
Application of virtual populations in biology
Concepts: coevolution, the arms race and the Red Queen
Insect societies as biological systems.
Transformations of plant communities
Metabolic diseases, as an example of disruption of coordination systems
Inborn metabolic diseases
Mechanisms of reception and processing of information from the environment and their role in homeostasis
Participation of symplastic domains in plant development
The use of hormones in plant production
Evolution of organisms' sensitivity to light and its influence on the origin of the molecular clock
Molecular basis of biological rhythms in plants
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
Student:
Identifies and defines the tools of mathematics, computer science and statistics necessary to understand the laws of nature and to describe the processes of life and gives examples of their application.
Knows the functioning of cellular structures and presents the most important functional relationships both between the components of a cell and between cells
Knows the morphological and anatomical structure of organisms and understands the functioning of the organism as a whole
Understands the principles of the hierarchical organization of life, from the molecule to the biosphere, and applies the concepts necessary to understand and describe them
Understands natural phenomena and processes occurring at the level of the individual, population and ecosystem
Knows the general environmental conditions of life and the influence of environmental factors on the development and functioning of living organisms; identifies the most important threats to the state of aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric environments
Skills
Student:
Applies basic techniques and research tools of experimental biology and knows how to explain the principles of their operation
Reads with understanding scientific and popular science biological texts in native and foreign language
Knows how to analyze the obtained results and discuss them on the basis of the available literature
Knows how to work out a selected biological problem on the basis of literature data under the supervision of the tutor
Is able to present the obtained results in the form of a written paper or a multimedia presentation
Learns independently the issues indicated by the mentor
Social competence
Student:
Expands interests within the natural sciences
Feels the need for continuous education and updating their knowledge concerning mathematical and natural sciences
Understands the need for professional improvement
Critically analyzes information appearing in the mass media and professional literature
Assessment criteria
The requirement for successful completion of the course is to attend at least 70 % of the lectures and to obtain at least 55 % of the points on the test covering the knowledge provided in the lectures (single choice test and open questions).
Bibliography
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Futuyma, D.J., Ewolucja. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa. 2008.
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Krebs, C.J. Ekologia. PWN, Warszawa, 1997.
Nelson DL i Cox MM: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 5th Edition WH Freeman, 2008.
Plant Physiology. Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger (red) Sinauer Associates, Inc.Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts, 2006.
Silver Dee Unglaub, Fizjologia człowieka. Zintegrowane podejście, PZWL 2018
Symplasmic Transport in Vascular Plants; Sokołowska, K., Sowiński, P., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, USA, 2013.
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Sokół, M. Minipodręcznik programowania populacji, układów populacji, dziedziczenia i ewolucji w języku C++ dla studentów ekologii i ochrony środowiska. Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii, on line: www.biol.uw.edu.pl/informatyka, C++ - minipodręcznik. 2009.
Sokół, M. Minipodręcznik programowania populacji, układów populacji, dziedziczenia i ewolucji w języku Pascal dla studentów ekologii i ochrony środowiska. Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii, on line: www.biol.uw.edu.pl/informatyka, Pascal-Minipodręcznik, 2009.
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