Course: Genetics

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Course title Genetics
Course code KO/GEV9
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čejnová Vlasta, Mgr.
Course content
Lecture Topics: (2 hours / week) 1. Concepts and organization of medical genetics (division of medical genetics, counseling and laboratories, statistics of hereditary diseases and congenital defects). Primary and secondary prevention of hereditary diseases and congenital defects. 2. Basic genetic terms (gene, genotype, phenotype, genome, chromosome, genophor, gene pool). Structure of nucleic acids and chromosomes. Basic genetic processes (replication, transcription, translation). 3. Basic types of inheritance. Principle of segregation and combination of talents. Recombination and gene binding. Inheritance of quantitative traits. Genetics of human populations. 4. Mutagenesis, teratogenesis, carcinogenesis. Gene mutations and chromosomal aberrations in humans. 5. Examination methods of medical genetics (genealogy, twin analysis, phenotypic differential diagnosis, prenatal diagnostics, cytogenetic and molecular-genetic examinations). 6. The most common hereditary diseases (manifestations, diagnostics, screening, prevention). 1. The most common congenital malformations (manifestations, diagnostics, screening, prevention). 7. Perspectives of medical genetics (predictive DNA diagnostics, cooperation with other fields, assisted reproduction). Ethical and legal aspects of medical genetics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This subject is theoretical. Students will acquire basic knowledge of general genetics (principle of segregation and combination of aptitude, gene binding and recombination, basic genetic processes - replication, transcription, translation and their regulation, mutagenesis, teratogenesis and carcinogenesis, genetic processes at population level) and genetics human and medical genetics (concept and organization of medical genetics in the Czech Republic, genetic counseling, prenatal diagnostics, genetic screening, genetic risk assessment, methods of assisted reproduction, hereditary diseases and congenital malformations).
Expertise: The student demonstrates knowledge about transfer and expression of genetic information, about basic types of heredity, about normal human karyotype and its deviations, about methods of prenatal diagnostics and assisted reproduction, about most common hereditary diseases and congenital developmental defects and about their prevention. Professional skills: The student is able to construct a pedigree scheme and analyze a pedigree, write a karyotype, calculate the risk of afflicting a simple (monogenic) based hereditary disease in case of basic types of inheritance (recessive, dominant, sex-linked).
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Continuous verification of knowledge during the academic year (tests, tasks). Credit test (combination of open and closed questions) with a time limit of 45 minutes.
Recommended literature
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  • BRDIČKA, R., DIDDEN, W. Genetika v klinické praxi II. Praha: Galén, 2015. 192 s. ISBN 978-80-7492-182-7.
  • BRDIČKA, R., DIDDEN, W. Genetika v klinické praxi III. Praha: Galén, 2014. 189 s. ISBN 978-80-7492-226-8.
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Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): General Nurse (P19) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer