85048 - Genetics and Sport

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Rimini
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Exercise and Sport Sciences (cod. 8766)

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to deepen gene expression processes and its regulation, inheritance and genetic predisposition and in particular the role of genes in sports performance.

Recent genomic and gene therapy developments in medicine will be studied to understand the progressive development of genetic doping and gene delivery used to increase the performance of athletes in various sports.

Course contents

Gene expression and its regulation

mendelian and non mendelian inheritance

genetic predisposition and sport performance

genomics and gene therapy

gene doping

Readings/Bibliography

A list of the suggested books will be provided at the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

Lessons

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Teaching tools

Detailed program, suggested books and any additional material will be provided via AMS Campus

Office hours

See the website of Raffaella Casadei