GENETICS
Students will be graded based on written test and optional oral exam.
The course is devoted to provide the students with the necessary know how to understanding the genetic mechanisms that underlie the transmission of gentic patterns and the differentiation of natural populations. Students will also acquire the skills to predict the effects of evolutionary forces on the gene pool of a population.
- Introduction to genetics.
- Mendelian genetics and models of Mendelian inheritance.
- Extensions of the Mendelian analysis.
- Cytogenetics, karyotype and chromosomal aberrations.
- Molecular genetics, fundamentals: DNA, structure and replication, RNA, transcription and translation,gene expression (bases).
- Origin of genetic variability: nucleotide mutations, epigenetic mechanisms (bases), genomic imprinting.
- Population genetics.
- Evolutionary forces and evolutionary theories.
- Human evolution: fundamentals.
- Molecular phylogenetics: fundamentals.
The recommended textbook is:
GENETICA
B.A. Pierce
Zanichelli
Further books and tutorials will be suggested during the course. The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students.
Lessons and exercitations (if any).
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