University Of Limerick
Genetics and Molecular Biology
BY4008
Iowa State Course Substitution
Principles of Genetics/ Genetics Laboratory
BIOL 313/313L
Course Info
Extensions of Mendelian genetics - incomplete dominance and codominance, pleiotropy. Linkage; multiple alleles, multiple genes and epistasis. Quantitative characters, genetic variance and heritability. Basic laws of probability and inheritance of characters. Basic principles of plant and animal breeding. Human genetics. Introduction to population genetics. Speciation and evolution. DNA and chromosome structure and packaging. DNA replication, transcription, translation and the genetic code. Mutation causes and effects at the gene chromosome and organism levels. Recombinant DNA/RNA technology. Genomics. Proteomics. Regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; genes and cancer, cell differentiation. Bacterial and viral genetics.
Review
- Evaluation Date:
- September 19, 2018
- Evaluated:
- James Colbert
- Comments:
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Topics are a much better fit for BIOL 313 than BIOL 212