Orthoptic and ophtalmologic assistance

Professor
Academic discipline: Anatomia umana (BIO/16)
Field: Scienze biomediche
Type of training activity: Basic

16 hours
of face-to-face activities

2 credits

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Integrated course unit module: BIOSCIENCES

Learning objectives

the course means to supply the foundations of the developmental genetic and of the
organizations of the organism.

Prerequisites

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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.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Class notes
Suzuki DT, Griffiths AJF, Miller JH, Lewontin RC. Genetica. Principi di Analisi Formale. Zanichelli
Nusslein-volhard, C. and E. Wieschaus. 1980. Mutations affecting segment, number and polarity in Drosophila. Nature 287: 795-801
W.J. Gehring. (2005). New perspectives on eye development and the evolution of eyes and photoreceptors. Journal of Heredity 96:171-184
D. Arendt. (2003). Evolution of eyes and photoreceptor cell types. Int.J.Dev.Biol. 47:563-571
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

Teaching methods

Oral lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

oral examination

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MORPHOLOGY AND GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT cod. 1004817

Learning objectives

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Full programme

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Other information

MORPHOLOGY AND GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT
cod. 1004817