- Gene structure and function. Protein synthesis, genetic code, regulation of gene expression.
- Cell division. Mitosis, meiosis,
- Cytogenetics. Notes on cytogenetic techniques, normal human karyotype, chromosomal banding.
- Chromosomal abnormalities. Numerical and structural alterations of chromosomes. Main chromosomal syndromes.
- Prenatal diagnosis.
- Mendel's laws. Autosomal dominant and recessive inheritance, heterosomal inheritance, mitochondrial inheritance. Polygenic inheritance. Particularity of the Mendel laws.
- Mutations. Point mutations, frameshift, dynamics. Chemical and physical mutagens.
Chromosomal alterations and spontaneous abortions.
- Principal techniques of molecular biology and their applications. Gene cloning.
- Oncogenes and oncosuppressor genes.