This course covers fundamentals of protein structure, conformation and structure-function relationships using myoglobin, hemoglobin, insulin, lactate dehydrogenases, and ribonuclease. The protein studies include also engineering, purification, and analysis techniques. Enzymology studies include enzyme properties, classification, catalysis, kinetics, regulation of enzyme activity and applications.
The module aims at providing to students knowledge about basic quantitative and population genetic concepts, quantitative traits, quantitative traits and normal distribution, methods of selection and crossing for the improvement of animal and crops production, the Hardy-Weinberg Principle, the calculation of allelic frequencies in a given population, and genetic counselling and Eugenics.