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Course on general genetics - MB140C15
Title: Praktikum z genetiky
Czech title: Praktikum z genetiky
Guaranteed by: Department of Genetics and Microbiology (31-140)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/1, C [TS]
Capacity: 200
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Level: basic
Explanation: turnusové praktikum
Additional information: http://www.natur.cuni.cz/biologie/genetika/studium-1/bakalarske-studium-1/prednasky-a-cviceni-urcene-pro-studenty-bc-studia
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Dana Holá, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Martin Forman
doc. RNDr. Dana Holá, Ph.D.
Mgr. Hana Marková
RNDr. Olga Rothová, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dana Holá, Ph.D. (29.07.2022)
The course is aimed at the practical application of principles of general genetics. Students will test their knowledge of these principles on examples from plant, animal and human genetics. The course covers e.g. various kinds of intra- and interallelic interactions important for genetic determination of plant and animal pigmentation; abnormalities in genetic sex-determination; inheritance of important human diseases; the calculation of the coefficient of inbreeding, etc. Students which want to attend this course should previously go through at least one of the basic genetics lectures.
Literature -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dana Holá, Ph.D. (29.07.2022)

There is no specific textbook for this course. All necessary instructions will be given directly during the course.

Additional references containing collections of problems in various genetics topics:

Snustad D.P., Simmons M.L.: Principles of Genetics. Wiley (and companion items).
Klug W.S. et al.: Concepts of Genetics. Pearson Education, Inc. (and companion items).
Russell P.J.: iGenetics. A Mendelian Approach. Benjamin Cummings (and companion items).
Griffiths A.J.F. et al.: Introduction to Genetic Analysis. W.H. Freeman and Company (and companion items).
Nussbaum R. et al.: Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine. Elsevier.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dana Holá, Ph.D. (29.07.2022)

For successfull passing the course and obtaining the credits students have to ACTIVELY participate in the discussion of the presented genetic topics, show the ability of logical reasoning necessary for solving selected genetic problems and fully participate in the practical cytogenetics part of the course.

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dana Holá, Ph.D. (29.07.2022)

Please note, the course is given in Czech language only.

During the course, students will solve various complex problems from plant, animal and human genetics (genetics of flower or seed pigmentation, genetics of animal coat colour, genetic diseases in humans, calculation of the degree of inbreeding/consanguinity, and will undergo basic training in cytogenetical methods. They will learn to practise their theoretical knowlege on the following genetic terms and rules:

1. Intra- and intergenic interactions (complete and incomplete dominance, codominance, lethality, decreased vitality, multiple allelism, complex loci, epistasis, complementarity, reciprocal interaction, etc.).

2. Sex-linked inheritance (sex-linked traits, sex chromosomes, inactivation of X chromosome in mammals, abnormal combinations of sex chromosomes).

3. Specific genotype-phenotype relationships (penetrance, variable expressivity, pleiotropy, genocopy, phenocopy)

4. Gene linkage and genetic mapping (determination of linkage phase, size and position of loci on chromosomes).

5. Human genetics and counselling (genealogical analysis, risk of inheriting of genetic diseases, autosomal/gonosomal/mitochondrial dominant/recessive diseases in humans).

6. Population genetics (Hardy-Weinberg law, changes in allelic and genotype frequencies of populations, inbreeding).

7. Cytogenetics (structure of chromosomes, mitosis, meiosis).




 
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