652-302 Molecular Genetics

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Genetics 652-204 or 652-214 and 652-205 or 652-215. (Before 1997: 652-201, 652-202)

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion of the subject students should have:

• developed a general appreciation of the molecular basis of genetic processes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes;
• understood all of the basic techniques of recombinant DNA analysis and be able to appreciate how these methods are applied to specific biological problems;
• obtained an understanding of how knowledge in molecular genetics is obtained and presented by the study of primary research papers and review articles;
• acquired the basic concepts and knowledge to enable them to do more advanced courses in a wide range of areas of cellular and molecular biology.

The topics covered will be prokaryote gene structure, action and regulation; recombinant DNA methodology; eukaryotic gene structure, action and regulation; gene transfer methodology and genetic engineering; genome structure, prokaryotic and eukaryotic mobile DNA elements; the genetic control of the cell cycle; developmental regulation in microbial systems.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination; mid-semester tests or up to three problems/assignments of not more than 1000 words each.