GENETICA

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Professional education
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2018/2019
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2018/2019
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Credits: 
2
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
20
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (20 hours)
Requirements: 

None. Eventual additional didactic courses (OFA) will be comunicated to the students after the admission test for the Biology field, as indicated in the SUA document of the degree course.

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

GENETICS – Dr. Roberto Valli
The objective of the course of Medical Genetics will be to provide to the students the basis of the knowledge of the genic and chromosomal mechanisms that could explain human pathologies

GENETICS – Dr. Roberto Valli
The molecules of life – Mitosis and Meiosis.
Mendel’s laws
Humans pedigrees: study and analysis.
Chromosome structure
Genic and chromosomal mutations. Mechanisms of formation and conseguences.
Chromosomal sex determination. Medical genetics of pathologies related to sex chromosomes
Medical genetics of Down’s, Edwards’ and Patau’s Syndrome. Uniparental disomy and genomic imprinting. Genetic consequences and examples of some related syndomes.
Fragiel X Syndrome, Huntington’s disease

- E. S. Tobias, M Connor, M. Ferguson-Smith - Fondamenti di Genetica Medica – Pearson
- L. Tiepolo, U. Laudani: Le basi biologiche dell’ereditarietà - 3° ed. Editore La Goliardica Pavese

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