MEDICAL GENETICS

General Module

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Basic

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in PHYSIOTHERAPY

Disciplinary Sector:

Medical Genetics

Is part of:

BASI DI GENETICA, MICROBIOLOGIA E PATOLOGIA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SORO Giovanna

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

The present course does not require mandatory prerequisites. However, for a real fruition of this subject, it is recommended that the student has at least attended the following courses: Histology, Cell Biology, Medical Genetics, Anatomy, Biochemistry and Phisiology.

AF code:

40000209

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

At the end of the course the student will be able to reconstruct family trees, to interpret the segregation of the diseases presented, to know how to diagnose a genetic disease

Contents

-Cellular and molecular basis of heredity
-Genes and Chromosomes
- Mendelism
-The genetics of man
- Study of family trees
-Techniques for chromosome analysis
-The chromosomal pathology

Recommended Bibliography

- Iolascon , Gasparini, Cocozza. Genetica Medica Lineamenti, 1a ed. CG Sorbona, 2005
- Russell, Wolfe, Hertz, Starr, McMillan. Elementi di Genetica, 1a ed. EdiSES, 2009
- Le slides e gli altri materiali didattici utilizzati a lezione verranno messi a disposizione degli studenti sulla piattaforma moodle.

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