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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Genetics

652-303 Developmental and Cellular Genetics

Credit Points:

15.0

Coordinator:

Dr L Kelly

Pre/Corequisite/s:

Prerequisites: Genetics 652-201 and 652-202. Corequisite: Concurrent enrolment in, or completion of, Genetics 652-302 and/or Biochemistry 521-302 and/or Microbiology 526-301.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

39 lectures (three a week)

Objectives:

By the end of the subject students should:

  • have become familiar with the techniques and concepts involved in the genetic investigation of various eukaryotic organisms;

  • understand the usefulness of genetic analysis in the dissection of biological systems;

  • have gained a knowledge and understanding of some of the major biological problems to which genetic analyses have been applied.

Content:

The course will cover gene regulation in eukaryotes; the structure of the eukaryotic genome; the genetics of the cell cycle; developmental genetics in plants and animals; neurogenetics; immunogenetics and oncogenes; somatic cell genetics; the application of molecular genetics to biotechnology.

Assessment:

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination; up to three problems/assignments of up to 1000 words each.
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