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AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
cod. 08603

Academic year 2008/09
0° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Genetica agraria (AGR/07)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Hub-specific activity
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Learning objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to utilize elementsofquantitative and molecular genetics to cope with the problemsofconservation of biodiversity of crops and officinalis plants.

Prerequisites

Introduction to formal genetics. Mendel's laws and deviations from Mendel's laws.

Course unit content

<br /> Basic quantitative genetics. Plantbreedingsystems.Vegetativepropagation and apomixis. Sexualreproduction.Dioecious andmonoeciousplants. Inbreeding.Heterosis.Growth geneticcontrol. Plantgeneticbiochemistry. Origin and evolutionof crops, centers of originofcultivated plants. genetic diversitydistribution.Geneticresources.Interspecific hybridization. Spontaneousand inducedautoandallo-polyploidy. trisomy, monosmoy andnullisomy.Additionandsubstitution lines. Introduction to GMOstechnology.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lorenzetti F., Ceccarelli S. e Veronesi F. 1996.Genetica agraria. Patron Editore, Bologna; Scarponi L. Biochimica Agraria 2003 Patron Editore, Bologna

Teaching methods

Multiple choice tes

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