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Subject (Materia)
GENETICS
Faculty (Facoltà)
Scienze MM.FF.NN.
Course od Study (Corso
Marine Biology and Ecology
di Laurea)
Teacher (Docente)
Dott.ssa Carla Lo Passo
Contacts
Address (indirizzo): Dip. di Scienze Microbiologiche, Genetiche e Molecolari -
(Coordinate)
Contrada Sperone - Salita Papardo, 98166 Messina
Phone (telefono): 0039 090 6765203
Fax:
0039 090 392733
E-Mail: [email protected]
Workload
56
(Durata del Corso in ore)
Credits (Crediti CFU)
4+1
Pre-requisites
none
(Pre requisiti)
Course Description
(Descrizione del Corso)
Mendelian Genetics
6h theory
Mendel’s laws, Elements of Mendelian inheritance in man, family trees
Exercises
2h practice
Chromosome basis of inheritance
6h theory
Chromosome theory of inheritance, sex chromosomes, sex linked
inheritance, X chromosomes non-disjunction, sex determination
Exercises
2h practice
Extensions of Mendelian genetic analysis
4h theory
Multiple alleles, modification of dominance relationships, lethal genes
Exercises
2h practice
Linkage, crossing-over and gene mapping in Eukaryotes 6h theory
Genes linkage, gene mapping on chromosomes: gene mapping techniques,
tetradi analysis
Exercises
2h practice
Genetic analysis of bacteria
Transformation, Conjugation, transduction
4h theory
Plasmid DNA mini preparation
Transformation of E.coli by electroporation
2h practice
2h practice
Regulation of gene expression in bacteria
Lactose operon, tryptophan operon
4h theory
Exercises
2h practice
Evolution of genetic material
4h theory
Gene mutations, chromosomes mutations: structural changes and alteration
of chromosomes number
Population Genetics
6h theory
Genotypic frequencies, allele frequencies, Hardy-Weinberg Principle,
changes in allelic frequencies: mutation, genetic drift, migration and
natural selection
Exercises
Structure of the
Written (Scritto) X
2h practice
Oral (Orale) X
assessment
(Modalità dell’esame)
Bibliography
(Testi adottati)
Further information
(Note)
P.J. Russell “Fondamenti di Genetica”, EdiSES.