Biology | University of Parma

GENETICS
cod. 20501

Professor

Academic discipline

Genetica (BIO/18)

Field

Discipline biologiche

Type of training activity

Basic

73 hours
of face-to-face activities

9 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in - - -

Learning objectives

to provide the first year students with the basic concepts of classical genetics

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Characters segregation. Mendelian genetics. Independent assortment. Gene interaction. Chromosome theory of inheritance. Genes on X chromosome. Chromosome structure in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Multiple alleles. Linkage and recombination. Crossing over. Non-mendelian inheritance. Elements of microbial genetics. Recombination in yeast. Tetrad analysis. Recombination in bacteria, transformation, conjugation, recombination in virus. Identification of the genetic material. DNA: structure and replication. RNA structure, transcription and translation. The one-gene:one-enzyme theory. Structure of the gene (Benzer); complementation; cistron. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes. Operon Lac: negative and positive control. Spontaneous and induced mutation. Genome, chromosome and gene mutation.Setection of spontaneous or induced mutants. Selection strategy. Mutation frequency. Molecular basis of mutations. Physical and chemical mutagens. Reversion. Suppression. Population genetics.

Full programme

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Bibliography

• Principi di Genetica , D.P. Snustad e M.J. Simmons ,terza edizione, EDISES • Genetica, B.A. Pierce , Zanichelli • Genetica Fondamenti, P.J. Russel, EDISES Genetica, Griffiths et al, Zanichelli Concetti di Genetica, Klug et al, ottava edizione, Pearson E

Teaching methods

oral lessons and exercises

Assessment methods and criteria

written and oral exams

Other information

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GENETICS cod. 20501

Learning objectives

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Full programme

Bibliography

Teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Other information

GENETICS
cod. 20501