Module MZ4373-KP03, MZ4373

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

3

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master CLS 2023, compulsory, MML with specialization in Genetic Statistics
• Master Medical Informatics 2019, optional subject, bioinformatics
• Master Medical Informatics 2014, optional subject, bioinformatics
• Master CLS 2016, compulsory, MML with specialization in Genetic Statistics
• Master CLS 2010, compulsory, computational life science / biostatistics
• Master CLS 2010, optional suject, mathematics

Classes and lectures:

• Human Genetics for MML (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 20 hours exam preparation
• 40 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Human genome
• Heredity
• Genetics of mitochondria
• Mutations, detection and nomenclature of sequence variations
• Polymorphisms and SNP
• Linkage analyses
• Repetitive sequences
• Methods: isolation, amplification, screening, and analysis of nucleic acids
• Data bases
• Epigenetics

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students are able to explain basic principles of heredity, the organization of the human genome, the relevance of sequence variations, and their application for medical biometrics.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Kircher

Teacher:

• Institute of Human Genetics
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Kircher
• Dr. Andreas Dalski
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts

Literature:

• Tom Strachan & Andrew P. Read : Molekulare Humangenetik 3. Auflage (2005)

Language:

• German or English

Notes:

Last Updated:

15.09.2022