Learning objectives
the course means to supply the foundations of the developmental genetic and of the
organizations of the organism.
Course unit content
Genes, genotype and phenotype. The chromosomes: structure and function.
Basic concepts of development: determination and differentiation, development patterns in Metazoa: the Drosophila.
Development of the body patterns: segmentation genes.
Determination of sex.
Genetic control of eye development and evolution of the eye and photoreceptors.
Bibliography
Appunti dalle lezioni.
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J. Graw. Eye Development. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 2010; 90:343-386.
J. Chen and M. Fishman. (2000). Genetics of heart development. TIG 16:383-388.
M. Simoes-Costa et al. (2005). The evolutionary origin of cardiac chambers. Dev.Biol. 277:1-15.
W.J.Nelson. (2003). Tube morphogenesis: closure, but many openings remain. TCB 13:615-621