Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Genetics
Course Code: VZO505
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of course is to teach change and heritage events in living organisms, effective mechanisms for the occurrence of these events, the traits of living organisms how to transfer to the next generations, the structure of genes and chromosomes, the relations between the genes, the mechanisms of hereditary defects and diseases, hereditary defects and diseases in livestock.

Course Content

Genetic material, nucleic acid, DNA, RNA, gene, transcription, chromosome, mitosis and meiosis division, gametogenesis, Mendel rules, genotype, phenotype, gene interaction, heredity dependent to sex, mutation.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Solmaz KARAARSLAN
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to know the concepts of genotype, phenotype, environment and variation
2.to be able know Mendel rules and basic principle of heredity
3.to be able know the structure and functions of DNA and RNA, gene, genetic code, the structure of chromosome and cell division, the occurrence of traits and transition to next generations.
4.to be able learn the mechanism of mutation and mutation types, to know hereditary defects and diseases in livestock and remove them from herd
5.to be able have basic knowledge related with determination of breed, parenting tests, determination of blood groups
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Odabaşıoğlu, F. (2005): Veteriner Genetik. Ofset Baskı cilt, S.Ü. Basımevi, KONYA.
2.Başaran N. (1994): Tıbbi Genetik. 5. baskı, Bilim Teknik Yayınevi, İSTANBUL
3.Nicholas, F.W. (2003): Introduction Veterinary Genetics. Blackwell Publishing, Oxforg, UK.
4.Yüce, S., Bilgen, C., Demir, İ. (2010): Genetik. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
5.Zöldag, L. (2008): Veterinary Genetics and Animal Breeding. A/3 Ltd 1077 Budapest
6.Ruvinsky, A., Piper, L. (1997): The Genetics of Sheep. CAB International, UK.
7.Muir, W.M. Aggrey S.E. (2003): Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology. CABI Publishing, UK.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The importance of the science of genetics and the study subjects, uses of genetic science in veterinary medicine, the concepts of genotype, phenotype and environment, description of variation and variation types
Week 2 - Theoretical
Genetic material, the structure and functions of DNA and RNA, RNA types, genetic code, protein synthesis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Morphological structure of chromosomes and chromosome types, chromosome numbers of different type organisms, the concepts of karyotype
Week 4 - Theoretical
Mitosis and meiosis division, gametogenesis
Week 5 - Theoretical
Gene types according to the mode of action and their inheritance, Mendel rules
Week 6 - Theoretical
Monohybrid joins and basic principles of its
Week 7 - Theoretical
Dihybrid, threehybrid and polyhybrid joins and basic principles of these joins
Week 8 - Theoretical
(Midterm exam) Inheritance of the color of the body cover in livestock.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Inheritance of the blood groups in livestock and their importance in animal breeding.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sex-linked inheritance
Week 11 - Theoretical
Lethal genes
Week 12 - Theoretical
Mutation concept, gene and chromosome mutations
Week 13 - Theoretical
Hereditary defect and diseases in livestock
Week 14 - Theoretical
Hereditary defect and diseases in livestock
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment201020
Reading102020
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
2
1
3
3
3
OÇ-2
1
1
2
4
3
OÇ-3
1
3
4
3
OÇ-4
1
2
5
OÇ-5
2
3
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026