wmd1120m  2018-2019  Bruxelles Woluwe

6 credits
Q1
Teacher(s)
Demoulin Jean Baptiste coordinator;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: French language knowledge, qualities of observation, of intellectual curiosity, of reasoning, of synthesis.
Main themes
In a first part of the course, the cell is studied by closely associating morphology and function. The diversity and evolution of the living is first tackled by the study of meiosis, fertilization and Mendelian genetics.
The study of animal evolution from the first animals to modern Man is based on arguments of anatomy and compared embryology illustrating the principle « ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny ».
Content
Contents: (this course is given in French)
Part 1 (J.B. Demoulin)
Introduction: principles of organization of the biosphere
Chapter 1: The chemistry of life
Chapter 2: The cell
Chapter 3: Reproduction and genetics
Chapter 4: Evolution
Part 2
Biological diversity through evolution
Part 3
Genetics and evolution
Teaching methods
The course includes lectures, practical works and tutorials. 
Evaluation methods
Assessment: Written exam.
Other information
Online resources
See Moodle
Faculty or entity
MED


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Minor in biomedicine (open)