BIOL 24100 Biology IV: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Session Offered:
Spring Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 23000 or 23100 or 27000 and CHM 11600

Description:

This course covers basic principles of classical genetics, molecular biology, and population genetics. The classical genetics section includes discussions on Mendelian genetics, linkage and meiotic mapping, sex determination, cytoplasmic inheritance, and chromosomal aberrations.  The molecular biology section continues with discussions on DNA structure and replication, chromosomal organization, transcription, translation, the genetic code, mutations, DNA repair, and transposable elements.  Basic regulatory mechanisms in prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression, as well as current developments (recombinant DNA technology, cancer-causing genes, imprinting, developmental genetics) are also presented.

Instructor(s):

Henry C. Chang


E-mail:
hcchang@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

 

Text:  Genetics:  A Conceptual Approach
Year/Edition:  4th
Author(s):  Benjamin A. Pierce
Publisher:  W.H. Freeman & Co.

13 Digit ISBN

Must select one Option

9781429254908

Genetics Portal Access Card

9781429292931

Loose Leaf text + Genetics Portal Access Card

9781429295314

Soft Cover text + Genetics Portal Acces Card

9781429293310

Hard Cover text + Genetics Portal Access Card

Grading:

Scale 89-100%=A, 77-88%=B, 65-76%=C, 50-64%=D,



Course Format:

BIOL 24100-Click on the CRN to see current course enrollment:

CRN

Sec

Type

Days

Time

Location

38228  

001

Lec

MWF

230-320

LILY 1105



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