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B006604 - GENETICS
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Course program
Academic Year 2017-18
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Biology (BIO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
BIO/18 - GENETICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
18/09/2017 ⇒ 22/12/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Course Content
Mendelian genetics and its extensions. Quantitative characters. Chromosomal basis of inheritance. Genetic mapping in Eukaryotes. Bacterial genetics. DNA structure and organization. DNA replication, transcription, protein synthesis. RNA processing. Regulation of gene expression. Recombinant DNA technology. Mutations in genes, chromosomes and genomes. Physical and chemical mutagens. Recombination. Transposable elements. Organelle genomes and inheritance. Population genetics.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Russell (2009) iGenetics, A Molecular Approach. 3rd edition. Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company.
Pierce B. A. 2013. Genetics: a conceptual approach (5th edition). WH Freeman.
Pierce B. A. 2013. Genetics: a conceptual approach (5th edition). WH Freeman.
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired: Principles of heredity: Mendel laws, their extensions and deviations (gene interactions, sex-linked inheritance, extranuclear inheritance). Quantitative characters. Genetic mapping in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Structure and function of the hereditary material. Gene expression (transcription, splicing, translation) and its regulation in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Recombinant DNA technology and its applications. Mutation; types, causes, repair mechanisms. Principles of population genetics.
Competence acquired: Understanding of the basic principles of heredity, organization and function, and change of DNA, in organisms and populations.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Application of the acquired knowledge to problems in classical genetics and genetic map construction. Critical evaluation of the use of genetics in a social and ethical context.
Competence acquired: Understanding of the basic principles of heredity, organization and function, and change of DNA, in organisms and populations.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Application of the acquired knowledge to problems in classical genetics and genetic map construction. Critical evaluation of the use of genetics in a social and ethical context.
Teaching Methods
etc...): 150
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 0
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 0
Seminars (hours): 0
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 0
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 0
Seminars (hours): 0
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Further information
Frequency of lectures: recommended, not mandatory.
The teacher can be found at the Department of Biology, via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino. Send an email to fix an appointment.
The teacher can be found at the Department of Biology, via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino. Send an email to fix an appointment.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination.
Course program
Mendelian inheritance. Extensions of Mendelian genetic analysis (incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles, lethal alleles, epistasis). Extranuclear inheritance. Sex-linked inheritance. Chromosomal basis of inheritance. Linkage, recombination and gene mapping. Quantitative genetics. Transfer of genetic material (transformation, conjugation, transduction) and gene mapping in Prokaryotes. The discovery of DNA. Structure and organization of the hereditary material in viruses, Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. The human genome. The "central dogma". DNA replication. Transcription in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. RNA maturation (capping, polyadenylation, splicing). Protein synthesis. Regulation of gene expression in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. DNA mutation and repair. Point mutations. Variations in Chromosome structure and number. Spontaneous mutations and mutagens. Transposable elements. Recombinant DNA technology: molecular analysis of DNA. Techniques for DNA sequencing. Applications of the recombinant DNA technology: molecular diagnostics, DNA fingerprinting, gene therapy, genetically modified organisms. Population genetics (Hardy-Weinberg law, variations in the genetic structure of populations).