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Program of Medicine (English)

FOM143

HEREDITY AND TISSUE

Course Code
FOM143
Semester
Phase I
Theory+Practice
0 + 131
ECTS
10
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelMedical Diploma
Year of Study16
SemesterPhase I
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. to recognize the distinctions and importance of stages of embryonic development,
  2. to use embryological terms appropriately
  3. to discuss the periods when the embryo is most susceptible to environmental factors with their causes, and expect their results
  4. to explain mutations and mechanisms of formation
  5. to explain basic pathways of aminoacid and nucleotide metabolisms
  6. to define DNA repair systems,
  7. to summarize cell death
  8. to explain stem cells and application areas
  9. to give a brief overview on the basic concepts of human genetics and medical genetics
  10. to interpret genetic mechanisms of disease
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsThe entire curriculum of the academic year
Course DescriptionThis course reviews the basic principles related to histology-embryology, physiology and biochemistry of heredity and human embriyology
Course Contents This course reviews basic components and general embryology, mutations, DNA repair and repair mechanisms, stem cell and its application areas, cell death mechanisms, basic mechanisms of inheritance and basic principles of human genetics
Recommended or Required Reading1. Sadler, T.W. (2015) Langman?s Medical Embryology. Baltimore ? Maryland : Lippincott Williams&Wilkins. 13th Edition.
2. Carlson (2014) Human Embryology and Developmental Biology, Elselvier Saunders Company, 5 th Edition.
3. Alberts B, Bray D, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K, Watson J.D, ?Molecular Biology of The Cell? (6th Edition), 2014, Garland Publishing,UK
4. Cooper G,M., Hausman R E., ?The Cell A Molecular Approach (6th edition)?, 2013, ASM Pres USA
5. Lodish H., Berk A., Zipursky SL., Matsudaira P., Baltimore D. And Darnell J. ?Molecular Cell Biology (7th edition) ? Freeman, W. H. & Company,USA
6. Nussbaum RL, McInnes RR, Willard HF, Thompson MW (2016) Thompson & Thompson genetics in medicine, 8th Edition. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Case Study
  • Problem Solving
  • Experiment
Assessment Methods and Criteria Summative Exam (%97), Formative Exam (%3)
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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