The course is composed by frontal lessons (12 hours), with the help of slides (normally in Italian, but sometimes in English in case of recent publications). During the lessons, students are invited to interact with the professor with questions and curiosities. During the lessons, the professor will present cases and daily facts that could help the teaching of the course. Course attendance is mandatory, as stated by the didactic rules of the degree course, and day-by-day signature will be mandatory to attend to the final exam. The professor will provide the slides and all the didactic material used by the informatic platforms (E-learning website and/or Microsoft Teams group). During the course, will be activated a Microsoft Teams dedicated group in which all the electronic material will be provided and instant discussion for any doubt could be used by students.
Contents
The MEDICAL GENETICS module is composed by 6 frontal lessons (12 hours in total). It will focus on the knowledge of the basis of the Medical Genetics starting from the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, and gametogenesis till the three Mendel’s laws with the related apparent and real (Linkage) exceptions with some related exercises. It will be analyzed the genic and chromosomal mutations wit related genetic pathologies (Down, Patau, Edwards Syndromes, Sex chromosomes pathologies and intesexes). It will be analyzed the structure and morphology of the human chromosomes and the normal human karyotype. Following, it will be analyzed the study of the human pedigrees related to human hereditary pathologies with related exercises.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Individual or group-based meeting with the professor are to be fixed directly with the professor by email to: roberto.valli@uninsubria.it. Students with the validation of the Medical Genetics module must inform the examination commission during the exam subscription
