Module Information
Module Identifier
BR00710
Module Title
INTRODUCTION TO GENETICS
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
---|---|
Other | Workshop (5 hours) |
Lecture | 1 x 2 hour lecture |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
---|---|---|
Semester Assessment | Essay | 40% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours theory paper | 60% |
Supplementary Assessment | resubmission of failed coursework | 40% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours theory paper | 60% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
- demonstrate a basic understanding of the role of DNA in the hereditary process,
- analyse the outcomes for simple Mendelian inheritance,
- explain in simple terms the process of evolution,
- outline the process of gene expression and its use in recombinant technology.
Aims
The students will be introduced to the language and basic principles of genetics through a historical survey of important discoveries. This will be linked to the concepts of evolutionary theory and of phylogeny, systematics taxonomy and classification.
The curriculum will include:
The curriculum will include:
- Inheritance and the linkage of inheritance to nuclear material, genes and DNA.
- DNA organization into chromosomes.
- Principles of linkage mapping.
- Expression and regulation of genetic information.
- Recombinant DNA technology.
- Genomes and model organisms.
- Basic aspects of DNA replication, meiosis and mitosis.
- Change through genetic mutation.
- Mendelian genetics.
- The process of evolution and Darwin's contribution to evolutionary theory.
- The relationships between phyla on an evolutionary basis.
Content
The students will be introduced to the language and basic principles of genetics through a historical survey of important discoveries. This will be linked to the concepts of evolutionary theory and of phylogeny, systematics taxonomy and classification.
The curriculum will include:
The curriculum will include:
- Inheritance and the linkage of inheritance to nuclear material, genes and DNA.
- DNA organization into chromosomes.
- Principles of linkage mapping.
- Expression and regulation of genetic information.
- Recombinant DNA technology.
- Genomes and model organisms.
- Basic aspects of DNA replication, meiosis and mitosis.
- Change through genetic mutation.
- Mendelian genetics.
- The process of evolution and Darwin's contribution to evolutionary theory.
- The relationships between phyla on an evolutionary basis.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 3