- Docente: Silvia Canaider
- Credits: 7
- SSD: BIO/13
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in School of Dentistry (cod. 8204)
Course contents
THE STUDY OF LIFE
Concept of living being and properties; the cellular doctrine; the scientific method; outlines of evolution.
Biological role of elements, molecules and macromolecules;
structure and properties of water; proteins, nucleic acids,
ATP.
THE EUKARYOTIC CELL
Shape, size and structure of the eukaryotic cell; the plasma membrane: the cytoplasm; intracellular membrane system: rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, peroxisome; the nucleus: DNA, chromatine and chromosomes; the mitochondria; the ribosomes; the cytoskeleton: actin filaments and muscle cells , intermediate filaments and microtubules; cellular junctions; cell-cell communication.
THE GENETIC INFORMATION
DNA structure; the human genome; the eukaryotic gene; the DNA replication; the gene expression: transcription, genetic code and traslation.
Mendelian inheritance; complete and incomplete dominance; codominance; multiple alleles; Sex-Determining Genes; mutations.
EPIGENETICS
THE REPRODUCTION
The cell reproduction: cell cycle, necrosis, apoptosys and mitosis.
The organisms reproduction: meiosis, spermatogenesis, ovogenesis, ovarian cycle, uterine cycle, fertilization.
HABITAT
Physical, chemical and biotic factors that define habitat; relationship between genes and habitat.
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