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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Máster Universitario en Bioloxía Molecular, Celular e Xenética |
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| Chromosomes. structure. function and evolution |
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| Identifying Data | 2022/23 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Chromosomes. structure. function and evolution | Code | 610441016 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Block 1.- Structural organization of hereditary material. | Structural organization of hereditary material The hereditary material DNA/RNA. Levels of organization. The eukaryotic chromosome. Chromosomes and chromosomal proteins. Maintenance of chromosome organization from protozoa to the human chromosome. |
| Block 2. Chromatin and chromosome dynamics | Chromosome dynamics. Control of the cell cycle and mitosis. Euchromatin and heterochromatin. Histone variants and histone code. Chromosomes and function: polytene and lampbrush chromosomes. |
| Block 3. Chromosomes and evolution. | Karyotypes in different taxa. Comparative analysis. Cytotaxonomic and evolutionary aspects. |
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