2019/2020

2019/2020

DM270

MED/03 (MEDICAL GENETICS)

DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE

BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (01/10/2019 - 24/01/2020)

1

8 lesson hours

Italian language

WRITTEN TEST

MINELLI ANTONELLA - 1 ECTS

Good knowledge of Biology and Basic Genetics, particularly in relation to the chemical and physical nature of the genetic material, to its expression and its change.

to reach a competence of the basic terms of Genetics in relation to the concepts associated with them; to understand the modality of transmission of mendelian characters and pathologies by family trees; to develop the ability to explain crossings by genotypes and to calculate the risk of recurrence; to know the role of Medical Genetics in its application to clinical practice.

 Introduction to the course: the vocabulary of Genetics
 Genes, genomes and genetic variability
 Genetic diseases and their classification
 Transmission of monogenic traits
 How to study the transmission of characters by family trees
 Examples of monogenic diseases
 Inheritance models: from the analysis of family trees to the assignment of genotypes to the calculation of recurrence risk

Taught lessons

Clementi M. Elementi di Genetica Medica, EdiSES Editore

Written exam with multiple choice questions; for each quiz there will be 4 possible answers; just the right one; only the right answers will be considered. No points will be taken for wrong answers.