Genética Forense

Code:

MCF13_15

Acronym:

MCF13_15

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2025/2026 - SP

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education
Course/CS Responsible:	Forensic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCF	13	Current Studies Plan	1	-	6	40	162
		Current Studies Plan	1	-	6	40	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Communicate knowledge and develop skills on the role of forensic genetics in the identification of biological kinship, identification of skeletal remains, biological criminalistics and also on the stages of laboratory analyzes regularly performed and on the genetic markers most commonly used in solving forensic cases.

Learning outcomes and competences

The unit’s contents, while not comprehensively addressing all of the complexity and magnitude of the problems inherent to forensic genetics, address the main key points in order to create a broad understanding of the topic, while allowing students to develop capabilities to deepen their knowledge according to their intervening area. The contents were developed to raise the students’ sensitivity and critical judgment, thus promoting their problem solving ability.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Fundamentals of Biology with Application to Forensic Genetics


2. Expert work in Forensic Genetics.


3. DNA polymorphisms most frequently used


4. Genetic markers of sex chromosomes


5. Genetic profile database


6. Technical aspects related to the study of DNA polymorphisms. laboratory stages mitochondrial DNA (human and Non Human)


7. Sexual Biological Criminalistics


8. Human identification


9. Difficulties of forensic samples


10. Molecular Forensic Pathology


11. New technologies in Forensic Genetics

Mandatory literature

Anderson, Y.; Crime e território: estudos e experiências em políticas de segurança pública. , Edições Instituto Maranhense de Estudos Socioeconómicos Cartográficos. ISBN: 978-65-87226-10-1

Complementary Bibliography

Costa, S., Santos, F., Ademar, C.; Da Cena do Crime ao Tribunal. Trajetórias e culturas Forenses. . ISBN: 978-989-693-097-4
Corte Real, Francisco; Santos, Agostinho; Cainé, Laura; Cunha, Eugénia; Tratado de Medicina Legal . ISBN: 978-989-693-143-8
Pinheiro, F. ; Genética Forense – Perspectivas na Identificação Genética. . ISBN: 978-989-643-050-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

This unit aims to communicate specialized knowledge about the issues at hand and apply this knowledge in a practical way, so that the theoretical and practical approach, sustained on real case work, seems more appropriate.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	122,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining a minimum grade of 9.5 values ​​and presence of at least 75% of the contact hours.

Calculation formula of final grade

100% = test score