Knowledge and insight
The courseaims to provide the necessary information for understanding the theoretical and experimentalbases of classical and moderngenetics, with particularreference to: structure and function of the hereditarymaterial, flow of genetic information from DNA to proteins, chromosomalbases of heredity, inheritance of simple and complex traits,geneticvariabilityasthe basis for speciesevolution and geneticimprovement, objectives and specificmethods of breeding plants with differentreproductive systems.
Applying knowledge and insight
The coursetopicswill be coveredso to provide an understanding of:temporalevolution of scientificthoughtthat led to discoveries, value of intuition and experimentalverification, universality of the principles on whichbiologicalevolutionisbased, logical connection betweenstructure and function, transferability of principles and knowledge from model organisms to organisms of agriculturalinterest, importance of knowledge from otherdisciplinesthat are fundamental for the correctinterpretation of the results.
Judgement
Through the program, studentsacquire new knowledge thattheywill elaborate with the knowledge alreadyacquiredinotherfundamentaldisciplines,tocontextualize the importance of genetics in the evolution of life and themaintenance of species.
Communication
Communication skills will be stimulatedduring the lessons to make studentsunderstand the importance of using appropriate and specificlanguage in the presentation and the importance of comparing and verifying knowledge (betweenstudents and betweenstudents and teacher).
Learning skills
The courseaims to strengthen the foundations in genomics and relatedfundamentaldisciplines to enablestudents to continue in-depth and specialized studies with an improvedlevel of autonomy.