BIOL 2165 Genetics II
Course Description
The major topics of the course are cytogenetics (including epigenetics and developmental genetics), prokaryotic/ viral genetics, and molecular genetics (including genomics). Cytogenetics explores chromosomal macromutations (chromosomal deletions, duplications, inversions and translocations) and their associated cytogenetic effects on plants and animals. Epigenetics and developmental genetics is a new area of study that explains the environmental influence on chromatin dynamics, DNA methylation, development and ultimately on inheritance. An introductory treatment of developmental genetics is also given to understand master control genes (homeotic genes) that regulate a cascade of genes that control development. Prokaryotic/ viral genetics provides insights into prokaryotic/ viral reproduction, recombination; genetic complementation, mapping; and genetic regulation. Molecular genetics provides the fundamental basis for the understanding of Molecular Biology and as such deals with DNA replication, transcription, translation and controls. Genomics provides an insight into where genetics is evolving (including an introduction to applications).
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