BIOL2016-3 : Principles of genetics

Study Programmes 2015-2016

BIOL2016-3

Principles of genetics

Duration :

24h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in bioengineering		2
Bachelor in bioengineering		2
Master in agricultural bioengineering (120 ECTS)		2
Master in bioengineering : chemistry and bio-industries (120 ECTS)		2
Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)		2

Lecturer :

Nicolas Gengler, Ludivine Lassois, Hervé Vanderschuren

Coordinator :

N...

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

- Introduction : genetics and the organism. - The support of genetic information in eucaryots. - The chromosome theory of inheritance : mitosis, meiosis. - The modifications of genetic material : genic, chromosomic and genomic mutations. - The Mendelian analysis : principles and applications to haploid and euploid organisms; applied problems. - The development of the Mendelian analysis : relation between genes, linkage, sex-linked inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance; applied problems - Introduction to population genetics with applied problems. - Introduction to quantitative genetics with applied problems.

Learning outcomes of the course :

After completing the course the student is expected to -explain the basis of inheritance and genetic variation in eucaryots -assess the influence of biological factors on the genetics of eucaryots -analyse the properties of Mendelian, quantitative and population genetics -resolve basic problems of formal genetics, quantitative and population genetics

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

please see Study Programmes 2015-2016

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Lectures, illustrative exercises and examples: 24h

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face-to-face