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BIOL-F304

Evolution et diversité des arthropodes et des vertébrés

academic year
2023-2024
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Yves ROISIN (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

  1. Body plans

  1. Diplo- and triploblastic organizations and morphofunctionnal implications

  2. Ontogenesis of triploblastic organisms – the vertebrate example

  • Diversity and distribution of Life

  • Comparative anatomy

  1. Circulatory systems

  2. Respiratory systems

  3. Excretory systems

  4. Digestive systems

  5. Nervous systems and sensory organs

  • Locomotion mechanisms

  • Particular life styles

  1. Life in symbiosis

  2. Life in extreme environments 6.

  • Deuterostomians - the echinoderm place

  1. Echinoid biology

  2. Asteroid biology

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

To apprehend the morphofunctional diversity of Animalia through evolution

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and corequired courses

Teaching methods and learning activities

Powerpoints

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

  • Beaumont A. & P. Cassier 2005: Biologie animale - Les cordés : anatomie comparée des vertébrés. Dunod, 638p.

  • Darribère T. 2002. Introduction à la biologie du développement. Belin Sup Sciences, Paris, 160p.

  • Fox R., Barnes R.D., E.E. Ruppert. 2003. Invertebrate Zoology. Brooks/Cole; 7th Revised edition, 1008p.

  • Gilles R. 2006. Physiologie animale. De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 673p.

  • Moyes C.D. & P.M. Schulte. 2008. Principles of animal physiology. Pearson Int. Ed., 754 p.

  • Pough F.H., Janis C.M., & J.B. Heiser 1996. Vertebrate Life. Prentice Hall Inc., 733p.

  • Romer A.S. & T.S. Parson 1977 : The vertebrate body. Holt Saunders Int. Ed. 624p.

  • Ruppert E.E., Fox R.S. & R.D. Barnes 2004. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach. Thompson Brooks/Cole Inc. 963p.

  • Slack J. 2004. Biologie du développement. De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 482 p.

  • Wehner R. & W. Gerhing 1999. Biologie et physiologie animales. De Boeck Université, 844p.

Other information

Contacts

Local: UC5 238 A DE RIDDER CHANTAL Laboratoire de Biologie Marine, CP 160/15 ULB - Tél. 02/6502966 - cridder@ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

theory : oral exam (in session) ; practical works are regularly evaluated during the semester.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Final grade: theory exam accounts for ¾ of the points + practicals grade for ¼ of the points

NB : the practicals grade is the average of the marks received throughout the semester.

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french
  • english

Programmes