652-214 Principles of Genetics

Note

Credit cannot be granted for both 652-214 and either 652-201 or 652-204. This subject can be taken by itself but is designed to be the first of a two semester sequence with 652-215.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Biology 600-141 and 600-142.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion of the subject students should have:

• understood the fundamental principles of genetics and the experiments used to establish them;
• developed the skills to solve genetic problems;
• gained an understanding of how the genetic approach can contribute to biological knowledge.

This course provides a coverage of Genetics from the DNA molecule and inheritance to the factors which modulate allele frequencies in natural populations; genetic and molecular basis of phenotypic variation; genetic analysis in eukaryotes, viruses and bacteria; nature of the genetic material; gene structure and function; quantitative inheritance; genes at the population level.

Assessment

A 3-hour written examination at the end of semester and a mid-semester test.

Prescribed Texts

• Griffiths A J F, Miller J H, Gelbart W M, Lewontin R C, Suzuki D T, An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. 6th ed..