Basics of Physiotherapy: Genetics 1855-F1-GE-SJ

The lectures introduce the history of attempts at understanding the patterns of inheritance in man and explain the classical experiments that led to Mendel's laws of inheritance, the chromosomal theory and uncovering DNA as the molecule which carries genetic information. From this, the molecular structure of DNA is explored, along with the processes of replication, transcription, translation, regulation of gene expression and DNA repair. The final lecture concerns various examples of genetic disorders resulting from either chromosomal aberrations or single-gene mutations, along with their clinical features, molecular background and therapeutic approaches