BIOLOGY 431 GENETICS

TEXTBOOK:  Concepts of Genetics by W.S. Klug and M. S. Cummings

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  A course designed to provide an understanding of the principles of classical, population, and molecular genetics and the relationship of these principles to human heredity, agriculture, evolution, and selected environmental problems.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  Students will demonstrate an understanding of

• The principles of classical, population and molecular genetics.
• The relationships of these principles to human heredity, agriculture, evolution and environmental problems.
• The relationship between theory and current genetic practices.
• The impact genetics is having and will have on society.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Mitosis, meiosis
• Mendelian genetics
• Modified Mendelian Genetics
• Sex determination
• Linkage and Mapping
• Quantitative genetics
• DNA: Structure
• DNA: Synthesis and Recombination
• DNA: Organization
• Chromosome mutation and DNA Mutation
• DNA: Mutation and Repair
• Extra Chromosomal Inheritance
• Bacterial genetics
• Mutation
• Proteins
• Genetic code
• Protein synthesis
• Genetic regulation in prokaryotes
• Genetic regulation in eukaryotes
• Biotechnology; ethical issues