00451 - Genetics (M-Z)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Giuliano Della Valle
  • Credits: 8
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)

Learning outcomes


Course contents


Readings/Bibliography

* Griffiths, A. J. F. et al. - INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS ANALYSIS -  Freeman and  Company, NY.
* Hartwell L. H. e altri – GENETICS: FROM GENE TO GENOMES - The McGraw-Hill Companies.
* Klug W. S. et al. – CONCEPTS OF GENETICS - Pearsn Educatio, Inc.
* Russell P. J. - GENETICS. A MOLECULAR APPROACH - Pearsn Educatio, Inc.

The latest edition

Teaching methods

Oral lessons with the aid of presentations in power point and with the participation of the students to the solution of questions and problems.

Assessment methods

Written test, consisting in the answer to general questions, followed by an oral talk.
Prerequisite for admission to the written text is the presentation of the report on the experiments conducted in the laboratory.

Teaching tools

Video projector, computer, blackboard.
Laboratory experiments concerning the origin of mutations in bacteria.

Office hours

See the website of Giuliano Della Valle