Unit PLANT GENETICS AND BEEDING PLANT
- Course
- Agricultural and environmental sciences
- Study-unit Code
- 80089309
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Fabio Veronesi
- Teachers
-
- Fabio Veronesi
- Hours
- 90 ore - Fabio Veronesi
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2018/19
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline biologiche
- Sector
- AGR/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Genetic material. Cell cycle. Mitosis and meiosis. Mendelian genetics. Population genetics. Genetics of quantitative traits. Biodiversity and genetic resources. Breeding methods. Molecular aspects of seed production
- Reference texts
- Lorenzetti, Ceccarelli, Rosellini, Veronesi. Genetica Agraria. Pàtron Editore, Bologna
Lorenzetti et al. Miglioramento genetico delle piante agrarie. Edizioni New Business Media, Bologna
Russel. Genetica. Edizioni Pearson - Educational objectives
- At the end of the course, the student will be able to have basic knowledges on the genetic material, cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis, Mendelian genetics. He/her should also know and apply the genetic bases of quantitative traits and of population genetics. Moreover the student should be able to set a breeding program and to identify the genetic and molecular tools to improve his/her breeding method.
- Prerequisites
- None
- Teaching methods
- Classroom lessons and praticals devoted to the solving of exercises related to genetics. E-learning lessosns in the area of plant breeding.
- Other information
- E-learning lessons in plant breeding downloadable from Unistudium.
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination
- Extended program
- Introduction to Genetics. Genotype and phenotype. Concept of species. Organization and trasmission of the genetic material. Nucleic acids. DNA replication.
Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis and cromosome assortment. RNA transcription. Translation and genetic code. Mutations.
Mendelian Genetics. Dominance. Segregation. Random assortment. Chromosomic theory of heridity. Asscoiation and recombination of linked genes. Genetic maps. Multiple alleles.
Population genetics. Hardy-Weinberg laws. Forces that change frequencies in populations: mutation, natural selection, migration, random mating, population size and genetic drift.
Heterosis, inbreeding and inbreeding coefficient.
Genetics of Quantitative traits. Johannsen, Nillson-Ehle and East experiments. How do environments affect quantitative traits.
Genetic structure of population.
Biodiversity ane genetic resources. Incompatibility and male sterility. population genetic structure.
Breeding methods in prevalently autogamous and prevalently allogamous species. Breeding in clonal varieties.
Genetic aspects of seed production. Recombinant DNA techniques. Molecular markers. GMO in agriculture.