Genetics

Biology

1. Classic exposure of themes; 2. Execution of laboratory tasks and various exercises; 3. Execution of hereditary perspective exercises; 4. Complementary and guided bibliographic research.

1. Know the molecular and cytological basis of the cell and the mechanisms and structures involved in heredity phenomena, including heredopathology and phenotypic variability 2. Know the Mendel principles, the different intergenic relationships, the normal and special transmission patterns (including inprinting phenomena) and related heredopathology. 3. Know the Hardy-Weinberg postulate and the principles of the quantitative approach applied to plant and animal genetic improvement 4. Understand the applicability in plant and animal production.

Objective 1 – Cytogenetics and Molecular G. (15%): 1. organization of eukaryotes and prokaryotes; 2. hereditary sexual transmission, permutations, aberrations (deletions, inversions, translocations) and chromosomal abnormalities (polysomies and polyploidies,; 3. genetic variability – polymorphisms (including SNPs) and epigenetics. Objective 2 – Mendel and special transmission patterns ( 30%): 1. Mendel’s principles, genetic relationships and special cases of heredity (including “inprinting”); 2. plant and animal characteristics; 3. hereditary prediction exercises; Applications in the plant and animal kingdom Objective 3 – G. das Populations and Quantitative (30%): 1. Hardy-Weinberg, applications; 2. polygenic and phenotypic variability, components, heritability, improvement value; types and methods of selection and crossing; inbreeding and heterosis; 3. exercises Objective 4 – Framework and vegetable kingdom applications (25%): 1. particularities and specificities; 2 – bacteria and viruses in agriculture

• - Módulo 2 (Objectivo 4) - 25.0%
• - Modulo 1 (Objectivos 1 a 3) - 75.0%

• - Módulo 2 (Objectivo 4) - 25.0%
• - Modulo 1 (Objectivos 1 a 3) - 75.0%

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HEDRICK Philip W. – Genetics of populations. 2nd ed. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2000; LEWIN Benjamin – Genes VII. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000; FALCONER D. S. ; MACKAY Trudy F. C. – Introduction to quantitative genetics. Essex: Prentice Hall, 1996; HERTL Daniel L. ; JONES Elizabeth W. – Genetics: principles and analysis. 4th ed. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1998; INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE – Eléments de génétique quantitative et application aux populations animales. Paris: INRA, 1992. (Productions animales. Numéro hors série. Génétique quantitative; GARDNER Eldon John ; SIMMONS Michael J. ; SNUSTAD D. Peter – Principles of genetics. 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991; HANDBOOK OF FORMULAS AND SOFTWARE FOR PLANT GENETICISTS AND BREEDERS – Handbook of formulas and software for plant geneticists and breeders / ed. Manjit S. Kang. New York: Food Products Press, cop. 2003; F. Griffiths…[et al.]. AN INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC ANALYSIS – An introduction to genetic analysis / Anthony J. 7th ed. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2000; LEWIS Ricki – Human genetics: concepts and aplications. 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: WCB Wm. C. Brown Publishers, C. 1997