- Docente: Elena Maestrini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/18
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biotechnology (cod. 8005)
Learning outcomes
Genetic material: nature, transmission, expression and
variability. Understanding the mechanisms of heredity at the
molecular, family and population level; interpreting experimental
data and making predictive hypothesis
Course contents
Genes and phenotypes: introduction to genetics
Mendelian Genetics
The transmission of chromosomes
Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance
Recombination, Linkage, and genetic mapping
Genetics of bacteria and their viruses
Variations in chromosome structure and number
Structure and replication of DNA
The function of the gene
Transcription and translation, the genetic code
DNA mutation and repair
Introduction to Genomics: genetic and phisical mapping, genomic sequencing
Readings/Bibliography
Teaching methods
Assessment methods
Teaching tools
Slide presentations and exercises will be available through the AMS
Campus - AlmaDL web site (http://campus.unibo.it/)
Access is restricted to University of Bologna students
Office hours
See the website of Elena Maestrini