Environmental Sciences

Expected learning outcomes At the end of the course the student will know the basic principles of general genetics, developing skills concerning mendelian genetics, both at formal and at cellular level; will know the principles of molecular biology of the gene, and the mechanisms that generate genetic variation; will know the principles of population genetics and biological evolution. -Knowledge and understanding: students will know the fundamental principles of hereditary transmission, molecular biology of the gene, population genetics, and of biological evolution - Applying knowledge and understanding: during the course numerical exercises will be carried out so that students will be able to solve simple problems on the laws of inheritance, on molecular mechanisms, on the distribution of genetic variability in populations - Making judgements: at the end of the course the students, based on the examples and self-evaluation exercises, are enabled to evaluate their competences on the basic principles of genetics - Communication skills: the ability to provide information and ideas in the field of genetics is favored during the course of the exercises - Learning skills: at the end of the course the students will have received the basic knowledge of genetics at the formal, cellular, molecular and population levels, necessary to undertake the subsequent specialized studies