Professor Alfred Cuschieri Department of Anatomy University of Malta

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Genetics
This course in Genetics has been designed for BSc Health Care students, covering one credit, which includes 12 contact hours.    It deals with the basic principles of genetics, including basic molecular genetics, mutations and applications to medicine as well as Mendelian inheritance.  It is divided into 12 presentations that will form the subject matter of discusions to be held in the teaching sessions  included in this credit. Students should study the presentations and where necessary refer to the recommended texts before attending the teaching sessions on the same topic. The teaching sessions  will not be a replay of the presentations but will be interactive discussions  designed to encourage students to think and to apply basic knowledge to problem solving, and in which students are expected to participate actively. 

1. The Science of Genetics 
2. Mendelian Inheritance
3.The molecular basis of genetics
4. How Genes Function
5. Mutations
6. Chromosomes and chromosome abnormalities
7. New Genetic Techniques

The following presentations correspond to the above topics, and contain basically the same material:

1. The science of genetics presentation

Students are also invited ton send their comments, question or suggestions to alfred.cuschieri@.um.edu.mt
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