Life Processes

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

MAQ-BIOX1310-Organisms to Ecosystems, or MAQ-BIOX1110-Genes to Organisms ;

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units): BIOL229, BIOL208, BIOL210, BIOL606 Pre-requisite (40cp at 1000 level or above) including (BIOL1310 or BIOL114) or (BIOL1110 or BIOL115)

Special requirements

• AttendanceDetails - Practical class Available in block mode

This unit will compare and contrast a range of physiological processes in microbes, plants and animals. It will highlight common features and their evolutionary origins, with particular reference to prokaryotic genes which have been conserved in multicellular organisms. Topics to be explored include metabolism (e.g. respiration, photosynthesis and transport), environmental responses (e.g. abiotic stress response, immune reactions, behaviour), morphogenesis (e.g. cell division, homeotic genes, embryogenesis and symmetry) and phenology (e.g. sexual maturation, fertilisation, life cycles). The unit will draw the common threads of evolution together in complex multicellular organisms, as well as contrasting those processes unique to each Kingdom, such as photosynthesis and locomotion.

• Written Assignment (10%)
• Final Examination (40%)
• Mid-semester test (10%)
• Quizzes (40%)