Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering UPCT. Genetics

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1 Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering UPCT Genetics Qualification: Degree in Agri-food Engineering and Biological Systems Course 2015/2016

2 1. Subject Information Name Genetics Matter * Genetics Module * Common materials Code Degree Degree in Agricultural Engineering and Biological Systems Study plan 2013 Centre Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering (ETSIA) Type Compulsory teaching period four-month period Language Spanish and English Four-month period 1st Course 3rd ECTS 3 Hours / ECTS 30 Total workload (hours) 90 * All terms marked with an asterisk are defined in References for teaching at the UPCT and Glossary of terms:

3 2. Teacher information Lecturer in charge Julia Weiss Department Agricultural Science and Technology Knowledge area Genetics Location of the office 2nd floor, office ETSIA Phone Fax julia.weiss@upct.es URL / WEB Timetable available / Tutorials Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from to Location during the tutorials Office 2.15; 2nd floor - ETSIA Teaching and research profile Teaching experience Research Lines Professional experience Other topics of interest Eng. Agronomist at the University of Bonn, Germany, and Doctor by Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Title approved by the UPCT University titular Professor 13 years as professor in the Department of Genetics (Dept. Of Agricultural Science and Technology) UPCT. Teaching degree in Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Degree in Horticulture and Gardening and Master in Advanced Techniques of Agricultural and Food Research and Development. Two teaching five-year periods Genetics of floral development and architecture: Interactions between environmental effects and development in plants: DNA technology for genome studies and diagnosis 3 recognized six-year teaching periods Professor Marcos Egea Gutiérrez-Cortines Department Agricultural Science and Technology Knowledge area Genetics Location of the office 2nd floor, office ETSIA Phone Fax marcos.egea@upct.es

4 URL / WEB Timetable available / Tutorials Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from to Location during the tutorials Office 2.20; 2nd floor - ETSIA Teaching and research profile Teaching experience Research Lines Professional experience Other topics of interest Titular Professor of university titular Professor of university Teaching Quinquenniums: 4 Developmental genetics, plant development, chronobiology, secondary metabolism Six-year research periods: 3 Teacher evaluation results last two years: / 7.06 (average teacher / average titration) / 7.99 (average teacher / average titration)

5 3. Contents 3.1 Contents according to the study plan of the subject 1. Introduction 2. Section I. TRANSMISSION OF HEREDITARY MATERIAL 3. Section II. NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF HEREDITARY MATERIAL 4. Section III. EXPRESSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION 5. Section IV POPULATION GENETICS AND QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE 3.2 English program theory (Teaching units and topics) Teaching Unit 1. INTRODUCTION Genetics as basic and applied science; history of Genetics; the important of Genetics in agrobiological sciences TRANSMISSION OF THE HEREDITARY MATERIAL Topic 1. Mendelian principles of inheritance. Topic 2. Extensions of mendelian analysis. Topic 3. Chromosome theory of inheritance and variations. Topic 4. Ligation and recombination in eukaryotes. Teaching Unit 2. NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE HEREDITARY MATERIAL Topic 5. Nature, composition and structure of the hereditary material. Topic 6. Organization of the hereditary material. Topic 7. Replication and reparation of DNA. Teaching Unit 3. Expression OF THE GENETIC INFORMATION Topic 8. Primary activity of the genes and DNA transcription. Topic 9. Genetic code and synthesis of proteins. Topic 10. Gene mutations and transposable elements. Topic 11. Developmental genetics. Topic 12. Molecular analysis and technology of recombinant DNA. Topic 13. Agricultural biotechnology and plant breeding. Teaching Unit 4. QUANTITATIVE AND POPULATION GENETICS Topic 14. Population genetics and evolution. Topic 15. Inheritance of quantitative characters.

6 4. Bibliography and resources 4.1 Basic bibliography * Didactic Unit 1-4: Allard, R.W. (1999) 2.ed. Principles of plant breeding Cubero, J.I. (2003) 2.ed. Introducción a la mejora genética vegetal Falconer, D.S. & MacKay, T.F.C. (1996) 4.ed. Introduction to quantitative genetics. Futuyma, D.J. (2009) 2.ed. Evolution Glick, B.R. & Pasternak, J.J. (2003) 3.ed. Molecular biotechnology Griffiths, A.J.F. et al (2008) 9.ed. Genética Hartl, D.L & Clarck, A.D. (2007) 4.ed. Principles of Populations Genetics Hartwell, L. et al (2010) 4.ed. Genetics: From genes to genomes Izquierdo-Rojo, M. (2001) 2.ed. Ingeniería Genética y Transferencia Génica Lacadena, J.R. (1999) Genética General Kearsey, MJ & Pooni, H.S. (1996) Genetical Analysis of Quantitative Traits Klug, W.S. & Cummings, M.R (2005) 8.ed. Conceptos de Genética Lewin, B Genes VII Puertas, M.J. (1999) 2.ed. Genetica. Fundamentos y Perspectivas Sanchez-Monge, E. & Jouvén N. (1989) Genética Singer, M. & Berg, P. (1991) Genes y genomas Snustand, P& Simmonds,.M.J. (2002) 3.ed. Principles of Genetics Snyder, L & Champness, W. (2002) 2.ed. Molecular genetics of bacteria Lynch, M. & Walsh, B. (1998) Genetics and Analysis of quantitative traits 4.2.Complementary bibliography * Didactic Unit 1: Lyson, T.A. (2002). Advanced agricultural biotechnologies and sustainable agriculture. Trends in Biotechnology 20: Koshland, D. (1994). Mitosis: back to the basics. Cell 77: Lacadena, J.R. (1985). Comportamiento cromosómico. Investigación y Ciencia 110: Lacadena, J.R. (1996). Citogenética. Editorial Complutense Moreno, S. (1992). Así comienza la mitosis. Investigación y Ciencia 187: Stebbins, G.L. (1947). Types of polyploids: their classification and significance. Advances in Genetics 1:

7 Voeller, B.R. (1968). The chromosome theory of inheritance. Classic papers in development and heredity. Appleton-Century-Crofts. Didactic unit 2 Dickerson, R.E. (1984). La hélice del ADN y su lectura. Investigación y Ciencia 89: Subirana, J.A. (1985). Estructura del ADN. Editorial Alhambra. Zimmerman, S.B. (1982). The three-dimensional structure of DNA. Annual Review of Biochem. 51: Britt, A.B. (1999). Molecular genetics of DNA repair in higher plants. Trends in Plant Science 4: Kornberg, A. & Baker, T. (2005). 2.ed. DNA replication. University Science Books. Ogawa, T. & Okazaki, T. (1980). Discontinuos DNA replication. Annual Review of Biochem. 49: Didactic unit 3 Rogers, J.H. (1989). How were introns inserted into nuclear genes? Trends in Genetics 5: Shan, G. (2010). RNA interference as a gene knockdown technique. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 42: Biémont, C. & Brookfield, J.F. (1996). Los genes saltadores: patrimonio manipulable. Mundo Científico, 170: Kreuzer, H. & Massey, A. (1996). Recombinant DNA and biotechnology: A guide for teachers. American Society for Microbiology Morozova, O. & Marra, M.A. (2008). Applications of next-generation sequencing Technologies in functional genomics. Genomics 92: Mullis, K.B. (1990). Reacción en cadena de la polimerasa. Investigación y Ciencia 165: Coen, E.S. (1991). The role of homeotic genes in flower development and evolution. Annual Review Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 42: De Robertis, E.M. Oliver, G. & Wright, C.V.E. (1990). Genes con homeobox y el plan corporal de los vertebrados. Investigación y Ciencia 168: Delgado-Benarroch, L., Weiss, J. & Egea-Cortines, M. (2009) Floral organ size control: interplay between organ identity, developmental compartments and compensation mechanisms. Plant Signalling and Behaviour. 9:1-4 Egea-Cortines, M. & Davies, B Beyond the ABCs: ternary complex formation in the control of floral organ identity. Trends in Plant Sciences.5: Lawrence, P The making of a fly. Blackwell Scientific Publ. Didactic Unit 4: Darwin, C. (1982). El origen de las especies. Ediciones EDAF. (Es una traducción de su histórico libro On the Origin of Species, publicado originalmente en 1859). Frézal, L. & Leblois, R. (2008) Four years of DNA barcoding: Current advances and

8 prospects. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 8 : Page, R.D.M. & Holmes, E.C. (1998). Molecular evolution. A phylogenetic approach. Blackwell Scientific. Publ. Lander, E.S. & Schork, N.J. (1994). Genetic dissection of complex traits. Science, 265: López-Fanjul de Argüelles, C. (1984). La propiedades genéticas de los caracteres cuantitativos. En: En el Centenario de Mendel: La Genética ayer y hoy. Ed. Alhambra. Tanksley, S.D. (1993). Mapping polygenes. Annual Review of Genetics 27: Wu, R., Ma, C. & Casella, G. (2010) Statistical Genetics of Quantitative Traits: Linkage, Maps and QTL. Springer. Young, N.D. (1996). QTL Mapping and Quantitative Disease Resistance in Plants. Annual Review of Phytopath. 34: Network resources and other resources Didactic Unit 1: Didactic Unit 2: Didactic Unit 3: Didactic Unit 4: o o l o o o o o o o o o Virtual classroom UPCT