ADVANCED MEDICAL GENETICS DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
cod. 16099

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Genetica medica (MED/03)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The student should learn how to perform in a correct way some advanced methods frequently used in Molcular Genecs Diagnosis.

Prerequisites

To attend to this course, the Students must have successfully passed the examination of the course of Biology and Genetics and of the course of Medical Genetics. <br />
They must have attended to the activities of the course of Diagnostic Technologies in Medical Genetics as well. <br />

Course unit content

DHPLC: sample management; calculation of melting temperatures, problem solving. Automatic sequencing: reaction preparation; purification of reaction products, interpretation and analysis of the data and sequence alignment with a dedicated software. Use of 'on line' software for sequence analysis. 

Full programme

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Bibliography

Gibson G and Muse SW: A primer of genomic science 2nd es. Sinauer ed. Sunderland 2004

Teaching methods

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