Grado en Biología

Durante el curso 2026-2027 seré responsable de un grupo de esta asignatura obligatoria, que se imparte en el segundo curso del Grado en Biología en lengua inglesa. Los contenidos de la misma y algunos de los materiales que utilizaremos se detallan a continuación:

GENETICS I: FROM GENES TO POPULATIONS

UNIT 1 | MENDELIAN GENETIC ANALYSIS:

The method of Mendelian genetic analysis. Principle of segregation. Principle of independent transmission. Genealogical trees. Calculation of probabilities. Statistical testing of segregations: chi-square test.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 2 | CHROMOSOMIC BASIS OF INHERITANCE:

Genes and chromosomes. Mitosis and meiosis. Genetic significance of mitosis and meiosis.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 3 | EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF MENDELIAN GENETICS:

Genes on sex chromosomes. Variations in dominance relationships. Multiple allelism.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 4 | LINKAGE AND RECOMBINATION. GENETIC MAPS:

Linkage. Recombination. Recombination frequency and its significance. Map distances. Genetic maps: two-point and three-point maps. Interference and coincidence coefficient. Somatic recombination. Molecular mechanism of homologous recombination.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 5 | MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE:

Nature, structure and spatial organization of hereditary material. Replication of hereditary material.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 6 | INHERITANCE OF TRAITS WITH CONTINUOUS VARIATION:

Quantitative traits and continuous variation. Mendelian basis of continuous variation. Genetic and environmental components of phenotypic variance. Number of genes controlling a quantitative trait. Heritability. Artificial selection.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 7 | POPULATION GENETICS:

Mendelian populations and gene pool. Allelic and genotypic frequencies. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Inbreeding. Mechanisms of evolutionary change: mutation, migration, natural selection, and genetic drift.

Enlace al PDF

UNIT 8 | EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS:

Microevolution and macroevolution. Speciation process. Molecular evolution. Morphological evolution. Evolutionary theories.

Enlace al PDF

GENETICS I: PROBLEMS AND LABORATORY MANUAL

Enlace al PDF