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General Biology and Ecology
FCH-BC_BIOAcad. year: 2021/2022
Characteristics of living systems. The chemical building blocks of life, bioelements and biomolecules. Biology of the cell, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure, energetics, catabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins, citric acid cycle, oxidative respiration, genes and how they work, membrane transport, cell communication, cell cycle and differentiation. Reproduction and heredity, Mendel's laws, gene linkage, sex linkage, polygene genetics, population genetics, gene technology and biotechnology. Evolution, the origin of living systems, mechanisms of living systems evolution, the origin of species. Three life domains on the Earth, phylogenetic tree, classification of living things. Ecology, organisms and environment, populations, societies, ekosystems.
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Week 2: Chemical building block of life - biopolymers. Prokaryotic cell structure.
Week 3: Eukaryotic cell structure. Bioenergetics.
Week 4: Catabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Citric acid cycle and oxidative respiration.
Week 5: Photosynthesis. Genes and how they work.
Week 6: Translation, regulation of gene expression.
Week 7: Membrane transport. Transport and distribution of substances inside the cells. Cell communication.
Week 8: Cell communication. Cell cycle and differentiation.
Week 9: Basic genetics concepts. Mendel´s laws, gene linkage, sex linkage, epigenetic heredity.
Week 10: Polygene genetics, population genetics, gene technology and biotechnology.
Week 11: The origin of life, evolution of living systems.
Week 12: Three life domains on the Earth, phylogenetic tree, basic classification of living things.
Week 13: Ecology, organisms and environment, populations, societies, ekosystems.
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Elearning
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- Programme BKCP_CHCHTE Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHCHTE Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_CHTM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHTM Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHTOZP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_CHTOZP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BPCP_CHTPO Bachelor's
specialization CHPL , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization PCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization BT , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BKCP_CHTPO Bachelor's
specialization PCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization BT , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
specialization CHPL , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHMA Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BKCO_CHTOZP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BKCO_SCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BKCO_CHM , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHCHT Bachelor's
branch BPCO_SCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_CHMN , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_CHM , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_CHTOZP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BPCP_CHTP Bachelor's
branch BPCO_CHP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BPCO_BT , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory - Programme BKCP_CHTP Bachelor's
branch BKCO_PCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch BKCO_BT , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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Elearning