652-214 Principles of Genetics

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652-214 Principles of Genetics
Note	Credit cannot be granted for both 652-214 and either 652-201 or 652-204 (prior to 1998). This subject can be taken by itself but is designed to be the first of a two semester sequence with 652-215. Both 652-214 and 652-215 (or 652-214, 521-213 and 536-250) are prerequisites for 300-level genetics subjects.
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Dr P Batterham
Prerequisites	Biology 600-141 and 600-142; or biology 600-131 and 600-132. For mid-year entry students biology 600-141 should be taken as a co-requisite.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	48 lectures/problem classes (four per week)
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; and 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; and genes at the population level.
Assessment	A 3-hour written examination at the end of semester and up to four short-answer tests during semester.
Prescribed Texts	A J F Griffiths, J H Miller, W M Gelbart, R C Lewontin, D T Suzuki, An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. 7th ed.

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