Principles of Zoology

(ZOO 103)  Credit hours: 3 ( 2+1)  

مقدمة في علم الحيوان العام بحيث يتناول مواضيع مختلفة كالاتي:

• Prokaryotes
• Bacteria
• Viruses
• Eukaryotes (Basics of cell Biology):
  • Cell types (Prokaryotes Eukaryotes).
  • Cell organelles
• Macromolecules:
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Proteins
• Enzymes and metabolic control
• Movement of materials into and out of the cell (cellular transport)
• Cellular respiration (production of energy)
• Mitotic division
• Meiotic division (and sexual life cycle)
• The chromosomal bases of inheritance
• First low of Mendel
• Second low of Mendel
• The genetic diseases, sex-linked disorders and mutations
• DNA and DNA-replication
• RNA and RNA-transcription
• From gene to protein (RNA translation)
• Cell division (cell cycle)
• Mendel and the gene idea:
• Molecular Biology (information codes and genes):

Chemical signals in animals (endocrine system and hormonal regulation).