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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in Biotecnologie agro-alimentari - Immatricolazione dal 2025/2026.The 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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Molecular Genetics and Genomic Tools for Plant Breeding (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S008241
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
AGR/07 - AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
The teaching is organized as follows:
Miglioramento genetico teoria
Genetica molecolare teoria
Genetica molecolare laboratorio
Learning outcomes
This course will provide to students knowledge of the main genetic and molecular strategies for crop breeding. This strategies are either assisted by molecular markers and genomics, or relies on gene expression analysis or on the production and application of transgenic plants. This course will also provide means for studying plant genetic variability, and will describe methodologies currently used for the identification of genes and new sources of variability, to be applied in plant breeding. Most modern plant biotechnologies and new breeding technologies as well as their possible applications to increase food-crop productivity and quality will also be presented.
Program
INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR GENETICS.
Molecular genetics for increasing crop yield;
Green revolution, Harvest Index;
GAI and the green revolution genes;
Plant architecture and yield;
Perennialism.
PLANT GENOME
Evolution of plant genomes;
Transposable elements and their role on gene expression;
Genomes of organelles and interaction with nuclear genome.
GENE FUNCTION ANALYSIS.
Mutant collections;
Tilling;
Gene silencing;
RNA interfering.
EPIGENETICS
Histone modifications;
DNA methylation;
Epigenetic regulation in plant responses to the environment.
PLANT GENETIC TRANSFORMATION
Expression of heterologous genes in plants (increase yield/improve quality);
Genome editing in plants.
Discussion on Genome editing and the cultivation of transgenic plants (Prof.ssa Furini).
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INTRODUCTION TO GENOMIC ASSISTED BREEDING
MOLECULAR MARKERS:
Phenotypic, biochemical or DNA based genetic markers
History of classical DNA based markers, SSR
SNP identification and analysis (single SNP, middle throughput, high throughput: SNPChips, RADSeq, GBS, resequencing)
GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS
Genetic distance measures; Index for genetic distance evaluation among individuals and population; grouping
Crop variety definition and molecular analysis; fingerprinting and varietal identification
METHODS IN MAPPING OF GENES/QTLS FOR INTERESTING TRAITS IN CROPS
Segregation and production of genetic maps on biparental crosses; strategies for genes and QTL mapping, fine mapping and cloning of genes and QTLs; BSA; mapping by sequencing; QTL-Seq
Linkage disequilibrium; Mapping by association, GWAS;
Markers assisted selection (MAS)
Genomic selection
Discussion of genomics applied to crop breeding examples (Prof. Bellin)
Examination Methods
Learning outcomes will be tested by oral examination on whole program of theory and laboratory parts by each of the two teachers of the two modules. Final mark will be derived by averaging marks for each module.
