Course Descriptions

BIOL 54100 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria

Session Offered:

Fall Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 43800

Description:

Advanced bacterial genetics, with emphasis on the use of genetics as a powerful and creative intellectual activity that enables us to discover biological functions and to construct new organisms by the manipulation of DNA. Major topics include mutations, genetic selections, recombination, regulatory mechanisms, genomic evolution.

Instructor(s):

Laszlo Csonka

E-mail:

csonka@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, Third Ed.

Larry Snyder

ISBN 9781555813994

required

Notes:

Course is offered ever other year.  Will be offered in Fall 2018

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