.- Agricultural Genetics
PROF. ADRIANO MAROCCO
COURSE AIMS
The course covers the fundamental elements of genetics: 1) inheritance of
mendelian and quantitative traits; 2) population genetics; 3) structure, organization,
functioning, variation and epigenetic modification of the genetic material.
COURSE CONTENT
Mendelian genetics, chromosomal basis of inheritance, extention of
the mendelian genetic analysis.
Association, recombination, genetic and chromosome mapping.
Extrachromosomal inheritance: mapping in plastids and
mitochondria; molecular genetics of cell organelles; maternal
effects.
Quantitative traits and quantitative genetics: the multiple factors
hypothesis, heritability, response to selection. Population genetics:
genetic variation in natural populations, the Hardy-Weinberg
method, evolutionary factors (mutation, selection, migration,
random drift, inbreeding).
Structure and replication of the genetic material, translation, protein
synthesis and genetic code; regulation of gene expression and
development in eukaryotes.
Organization of the genetic material: chromatin, structure of the
eukaryotic chromosome, genomes.
Gene, chromosome and genome mutations, genetic transposable
elements; epigenetic modifications.
Tutorials.
Solving problems of mendelian genetics and chromosome mapping.
Application of molecular biology methods for nucleic acids
purification and analysis.
CFU
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READING LIST
S. PIMPINELLI, Genetica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano, 2014.
G. BARBACCIA-M. FALCINELLI, Genetica e Genomica, VOLUME I, Genetica generale, Liguori Editore,
Napoli, 2008.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures and laboratory work.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Final oral exam.
Prof. Adriano Marocco is available to meet with students after class at the Institute of
Agronomy, Genetics and Field Crops.