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GENERAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICAL GENETICS

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Dental Hygiene
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
1
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2019/2020
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
24
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (24 hours)
Requirements: 

BIOLOGY: Minimal knowledge of the basis of the biology

BIOLOGY:
Multiple Choice test with 15 questions. Each answer will be evaluated independently. By choice of the examination commission, the multiple choice test will be followed by an oral examination

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

BIOLOGY:
Study of the mitosis and the meiosis. Study of the macromolecules of life with particular interest in DNA (Structure and replication), RNA (transcription) and the mechanism of the translation. At the end of the couse the student need to acquire the concets cited above.

BIOLOGY: The macromolecules of life. Eukariotic and prokariotic cells. Aploid and diploid organisms. Cellular replication: mitosis and meiosis. Examples of cellular cycles. DNA: From the discover to the structure. RNA: THe transcription. The ribosomes and the translation mechanism. Chromatin and chromosome structure. Introduction to the mutations.
Mendel's Laws. Exceptions to Mendel's laws. The human karyotype. Study of the human pedigrees.

See "Contenuti"

BIOLOGY:
Chimica, Biochimica e biologia applicata, 2a edizione, 2008, ZANICHELLI.

Tiepolo-Laudani
Le basi biologiche dell'Ereditarietà
Ed. La Goliardica Pavese

Frontal lessons

Didactic material provided on elearning web page during the couse.

Professors

VALLI ROBERTO

Borrowers

Parent course

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES