The teacher provides suggested readings and notes.
Learning Objectives
Understanding of genetic and genomic environmental analysis approaches.
Knowledge of the main analysis techniques and data processing for the monitoring problems of the genetic and genomic environmental.
Acquisition of techniques for conservation, enhancement, and protection and restoring environmental.
Ability to plan programs for monitoring and protection and restoring of genetic resources.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in Plant Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Genomics
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course: 150 (=6 x 25)
Hours reserved to private study and other formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 32
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 16
Further information
Attendance to lectures and other activities, although not compulsory, is strongly recommended
Lectures and seminars in the classroom. Practices in laboratory
Type of Assessment
Oral examination with discussion of the written report prepared after the laboratory case study assigned at the practices.
Course program
• Abiotic Stress
Case studies in controlled systems. Reference Techniques for gene expression profiling analysis (microarray, Real Time PCR)
• Candidate genes in natural populations
Case studies in natural populations. Reference techniques for polymorphism analysis (molecular markers, candidate genes identification, genotype and phenotypic association)
• Genetic conservation of resources
Threats of the Genetic Resources, strategies for the genetic diversity conservation, gene conservation objectives and approaches, management systems in the field (in situ and circa situm conservation), ex situ conservation, approaches based on target species, from the genetic conservation to genomic conservation.
• Genetic improvement and biotechnology
"Traditional" genetic improvement, genetic engineering and genetic improvement through assisted selection in response to environmental stresses
• Environmental risk assessment at the genetic level