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Laurea in Biotecnologie - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Genetics (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S00278
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- Genetics of the course Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/18 - GENETICS
Period
I semestre dal Oct 1, 2019 al Jan 31, 2020.
Learning outcomes
The course provides knowledge on the organization of genetic material, transmission and recombination of hereditary characteristics, the aberrations of chromosomes and genes, the dynamics of genes in populations. It also introduces genetic evidence of carcinogenesis and a number of major diseases, and the differences between genetically modified organisms and "natural" ones
Knowledge and understanding: Students will acquire the basic concepts related to how to access structured information of genomic and biological type, and methods for their processing and communication; the models and biomolecular technologies of fundamental use, and foundations of the genetics of animal and plant organisms
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to understand the genetic basis of life; to take ad-vanced biotechnological and bioinformatics courses, also of a master's degree.
Program
GENETICS AND THE ORGANISM
The genes as determinants of the intrinsic properties of a species - Genetic variability - Methodologies used in genetics - Model organisms - Genes , environment and the organism
PROFILES OF INHERITANCE
Autosomal - Sex chromosomes and sex-linked inheritance – Cytoplasmic heredity
THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHROMOSOME LEGACY
The historical development of the chromosome theory - The nature of the chromosomes - Mitosis and Meiosis - The behavior of chromosomes and the pattern of inheritance in eukaryotes - The chromosomes of the organelles
THE RECOMBINATION AND MAPS OF ASSOCIATION
Pattern of inheritance of genes associated - Recombination - maps Association - The chi-square
THE GENETICS OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
THE bacterial conjugation - The transformation of bacteria - Genetics of batetriofagi - Transduction
FROM GENE TO Phenotype
Genes and gene products - Interactions between alleles of a gene - gene - protein interactions
STRUCTURE AND DNA REPLICATION
The structure of DNA - The semi-conservative replication
RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
RNA - Transcription - splicing - gene - protein colinearity - The Genetic Code - Translation
REGULATION OF GENE TRANSCRIPTION
The gene regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
THE DYNAMIC GENOME : transposable elements
Transposable elements in prokaryotes - The transposable elements in eukaryotes
MUTATION , REPAIR AND recombinations
Point mutations - Biological mechanisms of repair - The meiotic crossing-over - Changes in the number of chromosomes - Changes in chromosome structure
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
The genes and quantitative trait - Quantifying heritability - Localization of genes
EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS
Variability and divergence among populations - Speciation - The origin of new genes
THE POPULATION GENETICS
The genetic variability - Effects of sexual reproduction variability - The sources of variability - The selection
THE GENETICS OF CANCER
Epidemiology of cancer and genetic evidence of carcinogenesis. Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes . The clonal evolution of tumors
THE GENETIC DISEASE
Mendelian diseases , multifactorial , with no single gene with Mendelian transmission , mitochondrial
THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
What are GMOs and what are the bodies 'natural'
Recommended text books and slides of the course are available on http://profs.scienze.univr.it/delledonne/Lessons/index.html
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Benjamin Pierce | GENETICA (Edizione 2) | Zanichelli | 2016 | 9788808521163 |
Examination Methods
written, open questions . Voting in thirthy
