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BIOL 205 Mendelian and Molecular Genetics Units: 3.00
An introduction to Mendelian and molecular genetics covering the basic mechanisms of genetic transmission, gene structure and function, as well as the application of molecular genetics in medicine and biotechnology.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 18 Tutorial, 18 Online Activity, 48 Private Study)
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Apply knowledge of various molecular genetics methodologies used to analyze DNA, RNA, and protein to demonstrate how these molecular techniques are used to understand gene function.
- Explain and differentiate the key features of DNA replication and repair, transcription, and protein translation, including cellular constituents involved, in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes to gain an understanding of how genes function.
- Explain inheritance ratios in terms of chromosome behaviour at meiosis to be able to infer genetic interaction of different genes based on modified Mendelian ratios.
- Explain the way in which modern genetics developed and how it has influenced modern medicine, agriculture, and evolution to gain an understanding of how the scientific method is applied to biological problems.
- Perform a quantitative analysis of test crosses to assess genetic linkage and mapping of multiple genes.
- Predict the effects of various types of mutations on gene function to propose reasonable hypotheses to explain dominance and recessive phenotypes at the molecular level.