Unit ANIMAL BIOLOGY
- Course
- Veterinary medicine
- Study-unit Code
- GP005363
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Maurizio Silvestrelli
- CFU
- 5
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
MENDELIAN INHERITANCE IN THE ANIMALS
| Code | GP005394 |
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| CFU | 3 |
| Teacher | Maurizio Silvestrelli |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche e genetiche vegetali ed animali |
| Academic discipline | AGR/17 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | DNA: mutation, genes, alleles and loci. Chromosomes. Sex chromosomes, X-inactivation. Mendelian genetics. Codominance, multiple alleles, expressivity, penetrance, modifying and lethal genes. Pleiotropic effects, epistasis. Chiasmata and crossing-over. Linkage. Summary and practical implications on animal breeding. |
| Reference texts | The suggested book is "Genetica animale applicata" ("Applied animal genetics") by G. Pagnacco |
| Educational objectives | This course represents the first teaching of genetics and examines the basic elements of Mendelism. The main aim of this teaching is to provide students with the bases needed to address the study of Mendel's genetics within of breeding programs. D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The student must: - know meiosis and mitosis, - have the knowledge of the normal karyotype and banding, - know the sex determination and X-inactivation, - know the genes,alleles and loci, - know the Mendelian genetics. D2 - APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the end of the training the student will be able to: -recognize the mode of inheritance (dominant/resessive) of Mendelian traits in animals, -recognize the exceptions and extensions of Mendel's laws; D3 - MAKING JUDGMENT At the end of the training the student will be able to: -use of mendelian genetics in practical animal breeding. D4 - COMMUNICATION At the end of the training the student will be able to: - organize, prepare and exhibit, to an audience made up of people of equal level of preparation, a presentation on a Mendelian trait with their own evaluations supported by appropriate arguments, - support an adversarial process with people of equal preparation and experts in different issues, of a regulatory, scientific, procedural and / or technological nature, - demonstrate language properties in both written and oral form, as well as the ability to use terminology that is sufficiently appropriate for a correct approach to the profession, which is also important for job interviews. D5 - LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS At the end of the training the student will be able to: - consult and understand scientific texts, even innovative ones, bibliographic updates, normative dictations, so as to employ them in contexts not only usual for the profession, including research, but also originals, - manage a sufficiently broad mastery of the subject to guarantee an acceptable basis for continuing professional updating through ongoing lifelong learning. |
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| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows: -lectures on all subjects of the course; -exercise at the microscope lab to see karyotypes of different species. Students will be divided into groups (maximum 20 students per group) and there will be 1 tutorial of 2 hours |
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| Extended program | Introduction. DNA. Meiosis and Mitosis. Mutation, genes, alleles and loci. Monozygous, heterozygous, genotype, phenotype: Chromosomes. Sex chromosomes. X-inactivation and dosage compensation. Mendelian genetics. The law of segregation. The law of indipendent assortment. Examples. Codominance, multiple alleles, variable expressivity, incomplete penetrance, modifying genes. Lethal genotypes, pleiotropic effects. Dominant and recessive epistasis. Examples. Both alleles recessive, both alleles dominant, dominant at one locus crossed with recessive at other. Examples. Chiasmata and crossing-over. Linkage. Summary and practical implications on animal breeding (horse, cattle, sheep, pig, rabbit, dog, cat, bird, etc.). |
ZOOLOGY
| Code | GP005395 |
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| CFU | 2 |
| Teacher | Enzo Goretti |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline biologiche e genetiche vegetali ed animali |
| Academic discipline | BIO/05 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The major animal phyla. Criteria for classification. Metazoa. Radiata and Bilateria. Protostomia and Deuterostomia. Vertebrate chordates. Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals. |
| Reference texts | Refer to the professor FONDAMENTI DI ZOOLOGIA 2/ed + DIVERSITÀ ANIMALE 4/ed. Cleveland P. Hickman et al. Ed. Mcgraw-Hill |
| Educational objectives | The teaching represents the first approach to zoology. The main objective of the teaching is to provide students with basic knowledge of the biology, systematics and phylogeny of the main animal phyla. D1 - KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The student must: - know the biology, systematics and phylogeny of the main animal phyla, - know the organization of body planes, functional adaptations and environmental interactions of the main animal groups, with particular attention to vertebrate chordates. D2 - ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the end of the training, the student must: - frame the main animal phyla from a systematic point of view, - identify the body plan of the main animal groups, - know the biological characteristics of the main animal phyla, with particular attention to vertebrate chordates. D3 - AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT At the end of the training, the student must be able to: - recognize animal specimens belonging to the main animal phyla. D4 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS At the end of the training, the student must be able to: - know how to organize, prepare and present, to an audience composed of people of equal level of preparation, a presentation on an animal phyla with their own evaluations supported by appropriate arguments. D5 - LEARNING SKILLS At the end of the training, the student must be able to: - consult and understand scientific texts, including innovative ones, - have a sufficiently broad mastery of the subject to ensure an acceptable basis for continuing professional development. |
| Teaching methods | Theoretical lessons and practical training |
| Extended program | The animal kingdom. The systematic categories, from species to phylum. Protozoa and Metazoa. Radiata and Bilateria. Protostomes (Lophotrochozoans and Ecdysozoans) and Deuterostomes. Coelomata: Schizocoelomates and Enterocoelomates. The major animal phyla: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematodes, Molluscs, Annelids, Arthropods, Echinoderms and Chordates. Protochordates and Craniates. Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals. |