Alfredo AMBROSONE | BIOCHEMISTRY AND AGRICULTURAL GENETICS

cod. 0712100038

BIOCHEMISTRY AND AGRICULTURAL GENETICS

	0712100038
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
	EQF6
	HERBAL SCIENCE
	2024/2025

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
1	PRINCIPI DI BIOCHIMICA MODULO DI BIOCHIMICA E GENETICA AGRARIA
	BIO/10	5	40	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
2	GENETICA AGRARIA MODULO DI BIOCHIMICA E GENETICA AGRARIA
	AGR/07	4	32	LESSONS	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	MARIA PASCALE1 T Curriculum
	ALFREDO AMBROSONE2 Curriculum

	Objectives
	THE COURSE IS INTEGRATED BY TWO MODULES: ONE MODULE OF BIOCHEMISTRY (5 CFU) AND THE OTHER MODULE OF PLANTS GENETICS (4 CFU). THE MODULE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AIMS TO PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF THE MAIN BIOMOLECULES, AS WELL AS KEY BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES, BASIC CONCEPTS OF BIOENERGETICS AND THE GENERAL IMPORTANCE OF METABOLISM. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ON: I) THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF BIOMOLECULES BOTH FROM A POINT OF VIEW STRUCTURAL AND CELLULAR METABOLISM II) THE MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING AND USING ENERGY III) THE BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES THAT INTERDEPENDENTLY CONNECT THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF METABOLISM. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE BIOCHEMICAL TERMINOLOGY APPROPRIATELY TO DISCUSS THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, AS WELL AS UNDERSTAND THE ACTIVITY AND REGULATION OF ENZYMES. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ORIENT THEMSELVES AMONG THE MAIN METABOLIC PATHWAYS AT A CELLULAR LEVEL AND UNDERSTAND THEIR REGULATORY PROCESS. AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CRITICAL SKILLS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO INTEGRATE THE BIOCHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE CONTEXT OF LABORATORY ACTIVITIES. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED CLEARLY AND WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, DEMONSTRATING FULL UNDERSTANDING AND MASTERY OF THE TOPIC. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN APPROACH TO LEARNING THAT WILL ALLOW HIM TO PROGRESS IN HIS STUDIES INDEPENDENTLY AND CRITICALLY THE MODULE IN PLANT GENETICS IS AIMED AT OFFERING TO THE STUDENTS BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE MAIN CELLULAR FUNCTIONS, WITH MAJOR EMPHASIS ON PLANT CELLS, ANALYZING AND DISCUSSING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GENETIC INHERITANCE OF TRAITS, INCLUDING ALSO THE GENETIC MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE PLANT-DERIVED SECONDARY METABOLITES. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE ON THE GENETIC AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS CONTROLLING: -THE PLANT GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION; - THE INTERACTION OF PLANTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT; -THE ABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE SECONDARY METABOLITES AND COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST FOR THE HUMAN HEALTH; TO FACE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT IMPROVEMENT AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MEDICINAL PLANTS.

THE COURSE IS INTEGRATED BY TWO MODULES: ONE MODULE OF BIOCHEMISTRY (5 CFU) AND THE OTHER MODULE OF PLANTS GENETICS (4 CFU).
THE MODULE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AIMS TO PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF THE MAIN BIOMOLECULES, AS WELL AS KEY BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES, BASIC CONCEPTS OF BIOENERGETICS AND THE GENERAL IMPORTANCE OF METABOLISM.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ON: I) THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF BIOMOLECULES BOTH FROM A POINT OF VIEW STRUCTURAL AND CELLULAR METABOLISM II) THE MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING AND USING ENERGY III) THE BIOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES THAT INTERDEPENDENTLY CONNECT THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF METABOLISM.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE BIOCHEMICAL TERMINOLOGY APPROPRIATELY TO DISCUSS THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MAIN BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, AS WELL AS UNDERSTAND THE ACTIVITY AND REGULATION OF ENZYMES. THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ORIENT THEMSELVES AMONG THE MAIN METABOLIC PATHWAYS AT A CELLULAR LEVEL AND UNDERSTAND THEIR REGULATORY PROCESS.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP CRITICAL SKILLS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO INTEGRATE THE BIOCHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THE CONTEXT OF LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED CLEARLY AND WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, DEMONSTRATING FULL UNDERSTANDING AND MASTERY OF THE TOPIC.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AN APPROACH TO LEARNING THAT WILL ALLOW HIM TO PROGRESS IN HIS STUDIES INDEPENDENTLY AND CRITICALLY

THE MODULE IN PLANT GENETICS IS AIMED AT OFFERING TO THE STUDENTS BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE MAIN CELLULAR FUNCTIONS, WITH MAJOR EMPHASIS ON PLANT CELLS, ANALYZING AND DISCUSSING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GENETIC INHERITANCE OF TRAITS, INCLUDING ALSO THE GENETIC MECHANISMS CONTROLLING THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE PLANT-DERIVED SECONDARY METABOLITES.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE ON THE GENETIC AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS CONTROLLING: -THE PLANT GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION, DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTION; - THE INTERACTION OF PLANTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT; -THE ABILITY TO SYNTHESIZE SECONDARY METABOLITES AND COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST FOR THE HUMAN HEALTH; TO FACE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN THE FIELDS OF PLANT IMPROVEMENT AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MEDICINAL PLANTS.

	Prerequisites
	BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT FOR AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPICS OF THIS COURSE IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE STUDENT HAS ACQUIRED THE OBJECTIVES RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, GENERAL CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. UNIT "PLANT GENETICS" STUDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO HAVE A SOUND PREVIOUS KNOWLEWDGE IN PLANT BIOLOGY, BOTANY. PREPARATORY EXAM: BIOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY

	Contents
	THE BIOCHEMISTRY MODULE (5 CFU) TAKES 40 HOURS OF LESSONS, THE MODULE OF PLANTS GENETICS (4 CFU) TAKES UP 32 HOURS OF LESSONS PROVIDED FOR BOTH MODULES IN THE CLASSROOM. BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT PROTEIN: THE AMINOACIDS. THE PEPTIDE BOND. (2 H)STRUTTURA PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY. (2 H) GLOBULAR PROTEINS. PROTEINS THAT BIND OXYGEN: HEMOGLOBIN AND MYOGLOBIN. (4 ORE) LIPIDS: FATTY ACIDS.(2 H) FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS.(2 H) LIPIDS: TRIGLYCERIDES, PHOSPHOLIPIDS. (2 H) THE CHOLESTEROL. (2 H) ENZYMES:ENZYMATIC REACTIONS AND FACTORS AFFECTING CATALYSIS (4 H), CARBOHYDRATES, STRUCTURE,CLASSIFICATION AND FUNCTION (2 H)BIOENERGETICS AND METABOLISM: PRINCIPLES OF BIOENERGETICS. EXERGONIC AND ENDERGONIC REACTIONS. (4 H) COMPOUNDS WITH HIGH POTENTIAL ENERGY: ROLE OF ATP AND OTHER PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS. (2H) THE FLOW OF ENERGY IN LIVING ORGANISMS: ATP-ADP CYCLE. (2H) GENERAL CONCEPTS OF METABOLISM.METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES: GLYCOLYSIS, GLUCONEOGENESIS AND METABOLISM OF INTERMEDIATE GLUCOSE. (4H)METABOLISM: KREBS CYCLE, RESPIRATORY CHAIN AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION. (2 H) LIPID METABOLISM: BETA-OXIDATION (2H) NITROGEN METABOLISM: PROTEIN CATABOLISM. UREA CYCLE. (2H) UNIT "PLANT GENETICS" NUCLEIC ACIDS: DNA AND RNA CHEMICAL AND PHISICAL STRUCTURE AND DNA REPLICATION (4 H); MEIOSIS (2 H); ; CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSCRIPTION, GENE TRANSLATION; CONTROLLING STEPS AND MECHANISMS OF GEEN EXPRESSION (10 H); TRAIT INHERITANCE AND TRANSMISSIBILITY; MENDELIAN LAWS: DOMINANCE AND RECESSIVITY (4 H); EXTENCTIONS OF MENDELIAN LAWS (4 H); INTERALLIC INTERACTIONS AND EPISTASY (2H); ASSOCIATED GENES (1 H); EXTRA-NUCLEAR INHERITANCE (1 H); MUTATIONS: SPONTNEUS AND INDUCED MUTATIONS AND EVOLUTION, MUTAGENIC AGENTS; POINT MUTATIONS; CHROMOSOMAL MUTATIONS; GENOMIC MUTATIONS (4 H).

Contents

THE BIOCHEMISTRY MODULE (5 CFU) TAKES 40 HOURS OF LESSONS, THE MODULE OF PLANTS GENETICS (4 CFU) TAKES UP 32 HOURS OF LESSONS PROVIDED FOR BOTH MODULES IN THE CLASSROOM.
BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT
PROTEIN: THE AMINOACIDS. THE PEPTIDE BOND. (2 H)STRUTTURA PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY. (2 H) GLOBULAR PROTEINS. PROTEINS THAT BIND OXYGEN: HEMOGLOBIN AND MYOGLOBIN. (4 ORE) LIPIDS: FATTY ACIDS.(2 H) FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS.(2 H) LIPIDS: TRIGLYCERIDES, PHOSPHOLIPIDS. (2 H) THE CHOLESTEROL. (2 H) ENZYMES:ENZYMATIC REACTIONS AND FACTORS AFFECTING CATALYSIS (4 H), CARBOHYDRATES, STRUCTURE,CLASSIFICATION AND FUNCTION (2 H)BIOENERGETICS AND METABOLISM: PRINCIPLES OF BIOENERGETICS. EXERGONIC AND ENDERGONIC REACTIONS. (4 H) COMPOUNDS WITH HIGH POTENTIAL ENERGY: ROLE OF ATP AND OTHER PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS. (2H) THE FLOW OF ENERGY IN LIVING ORGANISMS: ATP-ADP CYCLE. (2H) GENERAL CONCEPTS OF METABOLISM.METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES: GLYCOLYSIS, GLUCONEOGENESIS AND METABOLISM OF INTERMEDIATE GLUCOSE. (4H)METABOLISM: KREBS CYCLE, RESPIRATORY CHAIN AND OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION. (2 H) LIPID METABOLISM: BETA-OXIDATION (2H) NITROGEN METABOLISM: PROTEIN CATABOLISM. UREA CYCLE. (2H)

UNIT "PLANT GENETICS"
NUCLEIC ACIDS: DNA AND RNA CHEMICAL AND PHISICAL STRUCTURE AND DNA REPLICATION (4 H); MEIOSIS (2 H); ; CENTRAL DOGMA OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSCRIPTION, GENE TRANSLATION; CONTROLLING STEPS AND MECHANISMS OF GEEN EXPRESSION (10 H); TRAIT INHERITANCE AND TRANSMISSIBILITY; MENDELIAN LAWS: DOMINANCE AND RECESSIVITY (4 H);

EXTENCTIONS OF MENDELIAN LAWS (4 H); INTERALLIC INTERACTIONS AND EPISTASY (2H); ASSOCIATED GENES (1 H); EXTRA-NUCLEAR INHERITANCE (1 H);

MUTATIONS: SPONTNEUS AND INDUCED MUTATIONS AND EVOLUTION, MUTAGENIC AGENTS; POINT MUTATIONS; CHROMOSOMAL MUTATIONS; GENOMIC MUTATIONS (4 H).

	Teaching Methods
	BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT TEACHING IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH FRONTAL THEORETICAL LESSONS IN WHICH THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. UNIT PLANT GENETICS THEORETICAL LESSONS CONSIST IN PRESENTING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPICS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. TWO INTERMEDIATE WRITTEN TESTS ARE PLANNED TO ASCERTAIN THE PROGRESSIVE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS. FOR BOTH MODULES, CLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE TEACHING RULES AND GUIDELINES, PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR AND AVAILABLE AT THE WWW.DIFARMA.UNISA.IT. STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND CLASS REGULARLY AND MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE TEACHER. IN CASE OF LEGITIMATE ABSENCE FROM CLASS, THE TEACHER PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE AND COUNSEL ABOUT COMPLETING MISSED ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS MATERIAL.

Teaching Methods

BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT
TEACHING IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH FRONTAL THEORETICAL LESSONS IN WHICH THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED.

UNIT PLANT GENETICS
THEORETICAL LESSONS CONSIST IN PRESENTING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPICS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM.
TWO INTERMEDIATE WRITTEN TESTS ARE PLANNED TO ASCERTAIN THE PROGRESSIVE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRED BY THE STUDENTS.

FOR BOTH MODULES, CLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE TEACHING RULES AND GUIDELINES, PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR AND AVAILABLE AT THE WWW.DIFARMA.UNISA.IT.
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND CLASS REGULARLY AND MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE TEACHER.
IN CASE OF LEGITIMATE ABSENCE FROM CLASS, THE TEACHER PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE AND COUNSEL ABOUT COMPLETING MISSED ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS MATERIAL.

	Verification of learning
	BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT THE FINAL TEST IS DIVIDED INTO A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST, AND INCLUDES A RATING OUT OF THIRTY, TO VERIFY THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE. THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS OF THIRTY QUESTIONS WITH OPEN ANSWERS AND MULTIPLE ANSWERS AND MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 60 MINUTES. IN THE ORAL EXAM STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON TOPICS RELATING TO THE COURSE PROGRAM. THE STUDENT'S CRITICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS WILL BE ASSESSED. FOR EACH QUESTION POSED, AN ASSESSMENT IS MADE BASED ON THE CORRECTNESS OF THE ANSWERS, THE DEMONSTRATED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES LEARNED AND THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE, ALSO IN RELATION TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFIC MATTER EXAMINATION. THE OVERALL JUDGMENT WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL MARK IN THIRTY, CALCULATED AS THE AVERAGE VALUE OF THE SCORE OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TEST (WEIGHT: 50%, AND OF THE ORAL TEST (50%) THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS IN A CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE TOPICS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN TEST, TO ASCERTAIN ALSO THE LEVEL OF BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED THEORETICAL BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS TO THE HUMAN CELL, ORGAN AND TISSUE FUNCTIONS. THE FINAL SCORE, EXPRESSED IN 30/30 IS CALCULATED AS THE MEAN VALUE OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TESTS AND ORAL EXAMINATION. THE FINAL SCORE, EXPRESSED IN 30/30, FOR THIS UNIT WILL BE CALCULATED AS THE MEAN VALUES OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TESTS (WEIGHT 50 % AND THE ORAL EXAM (WEIGHT 50%). UNIT PLANT GENETICS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND THE ABILTY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED THEORETICAL NOTIONS WILL BE EVALUATED THROUGH: 1) AN INTERMEDIATED WRITTEN TEST ON THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE, INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 30 QUESTIONS WITH AN OPEN ANSWER (50%) AND QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS (50%) (DURATION: 2 HOURS); FOR THE WRITTEN TEST THE SCORE IS EXPRESSED IN 30/30. STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST WILL GO THROUGH AN ORAL EXAM ON THE TOPICS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN TESTS. DURING THE ORAL EXAM, STUDENTS WILL BE ALSO ASSESSED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO SOLVE EXERCISES ABOUT MENDELIAN GENETICS AND THE EXTENSIONS OF MENDEL'S LAWS. THE FINAL SCORE, EXPRESSED IN 30/30, FOR THIS UNIT WILL BE CALCULATED AS THE MEAN VALUES OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TEST (WEIGHT 50 %) AND THE ORAL EXAM (WEIGHT 50%). THE OVERALL SCORE FOR THE ENTIRE COURSE WILL BE THE MEAN VALUE OF THE SCORES OBTAINED FOR EACH UNIT. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SCHEDULE AND TOPICS FOR EACH WRITTEN TEST OR ORAL EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE TEACHER DURING THE COURSE AND BEFORE THE DATE OF THE TEST. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS ON THE MODALITY OF EVALUATION FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT PASSED TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY THE WRITTEN TESTS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE TEACHER DURING TEH COURSE.

Verification of learning

BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT
THE FINAL TEST IS DIVIDED INTO A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST, AND INCLUDES A RATING OUT OF THIRTY, TO VERIFY THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE. THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS OF THIRTY QUESTIONS WITH OPEN ANSWERS AND MULTIPLE ANSWERS AND MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 60 MINUTES. IN THE ORAL EXAM STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON TOPICS RELATING TO THE COURSE PROGRAM. THE STUDENT'S CRITICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SKILLS WILL BE ASSESSED. FOR EACH QUESTION POSED, AN ASSESSMENT IS MADE BASED ON THE CORRECTNESS OF THE ANSWERS, THE DEMONSTRATED UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES LEARNED AND THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE, ALSO IN RELATION TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SPECIFIC MATTER EXAMINATION. THE OVERALL JUDGMENT WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL MARK IN THIRTY, CALCULATED AS THE AVERAGE VALUE OF THE SCORE OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TEST (WEIGHT: 50%, AND OF THE ORAL TEST (50%)

THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS IN A CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE TOPICS INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN TEST, TO ASCERTAIN ALSO THE LEVEL OF BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED THEORETICAL BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS TO THE HUMAN CELL, ORGAN AND TISSUE FUNCTIONS.
THE FINAL SCORE, EXPRESSED IN 30/30 IS CALCULATED AS THE MEAN VALUE OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TESTS AND ORAL EXAMINATION. THE FINAL SCORE, EXPRESSED IN 30/30, FOR THIS UNIT WILL BE CALCULATED AS THE MEAN VALUES OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TESTS (WEIGHT 50 % AND THE ORAL EXAM (WEIGHT 50%).

UNIT PLANT GENETICS
THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND THE ABILTY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED THEORETICAL NOTIONS WILL BE EVALUATED THROUGH:
1) AN INTERMEDIATED WRITTEN TEST ON THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE, INCLUDING A TOTAL OF 30 QUESTIONS WITH AN OPEN ANSWER (50%) AND QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS (50%) (DURATION: 2 HOURS);
FOR THE WRITTEN TEST THE SCORE IS EXPRESSED IN 30/30.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST WILL GO THROUGH AN ORAL EXAM ON THE TOPICS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN TESTS. DURING THE ORAL EXAM, STUDENTS WILL BE ALSO ASSESSED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO SOLVE EXERCISES ABOUT MENDELIAN GENETICS AND THE EXTENSIONS OF MENDEL'S LAWS.

THE FINAL SCORE, EXPRESSED IN 30/30, FOR THIS UNIT WILL BE CALCULATED AS THE MEAN VALUES OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE WRITTEN TEST (WEIGHT 50 %) AND THE ORAL EXAM (WEIGHT 50%).

THE OVERALL SCORE FOR THE ENTIRE COURSE WILL BE THE MEAN VALUE OF THE SCORES OBTAINED FOR EACH UNIT.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SCHEDULE AND TOPICS FOR EACH WRITTEN TEST OR ORAL EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE TEACHER DURING THE COURSE AND BEFORE THE DATE OF THE TEST.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS ON THE MODALITY OF EVALUATION FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT PASSED TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY THE WRITTEN TESTS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE TEACHER DURING TEH COURSE.

	Texts
	BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT REFERENCE TEXTS: RECENTLY EDITED GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY TEXTS: LEHNINGER A.L., NELSON D.L. & COX M.M. PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY ED. ZANICHELLI VOET E. & VOET J.G. BIOCHEMISTRY ED. ZANICHELLI UNITA' GENETICA AGRARIA P.J. RUSSELL • S.L. WOLFE • P.E. HERTZ • C. STARR • B. MCMILLAN (2016) GENETICA AGRARIA, EDITORE EDISES S.R.L. – NAPOLI BARCACCIA G, FALCINELLI M (2005) GENETICA E GENOMICA- VOLUME I- GENETICA GENERALE, LIGUORI EDITORE

Texts

BIOCHEMISTRY UNIT
REFERENCE TEXTS:
RECENTLY EDITED GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY TEXTS:
LEHNINGER A.L., NELSON D.L. & COX M.M. PRINCIPLES OF BIOCHEMISTRY ED. ZANICHELLI
VOET E. & VOET J.G. BIOCHEMISTRY ED. ZANICHELLI

UNITA' GENETICA AGRARIA
P.J. RUSSELL • S.L. WOLFE • P.E. HERTZ • C. STARR • B. MCMILLAN (2016) GENETICA AGRARIA, EDITORE EDISES S.R.L. – NAPOLI

BARCACCIA G, FALCINELLI M (2005) GENETICA E GENOMICA- VOLUME I- GENETICA GENERALE, LIGUORI EDITORE

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