546-0515/03 – General Biology (OBB)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Comprehension and knowledge of organism functioning, organism structures and microstructures.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Anatomical strucutre of plant, fungal and animal bodies: cytology and biochemistry of cells, plant and animal histology and anatomy.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
BERGTROM, G. Basic Cell and Molecular Biology. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021; https://bio.libretexts.org/@go/page/16407
Basic Biology: Introduction to Biology. https://basicbiology.net/biology-101/introduction-to-biology
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
credit and exam
E-learning
Other requirements
The credit written exam
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the study of general biology
2. Characteristics of living organisms, importance of organisms in the biosphere
3. Chemical composition of living organisms, importance of water and basic organic substances
4. Basic cytology: general structure of the cell, overview of basic cell organelles,
5. Developmental differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, differences between plant, animal and fungal cells
6. Cell physiology basics: cell cycle, cell division patterns, cell death
7. Basics of cell physiology: uptake and release of substances by the cell, basic biochemistry, basic metabolic pathways, catabolic and anabolic reactions
8. Basic cell physiology: photosynthesis
9. Basic cell genetics: genome characteristics, importance of genes, mutagens and carcinogens
10. Basic genomics: differences in genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, genomes of model organisms, functional genomics and its importance
11. Plant biology: plant tissues, plant organs, plant systems and evolution
12. Animal biology: animal tissues, organs and organ systems, animal system and evolution
13. Fungal biology: characteristics, system and evolution of fungi
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction