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Genetics
- learn the basics of Genetics and its importance in biological systems
- study sex linked inheritance in plant and animals
- learn the basics of linkage and bacterial recombination
- learn the basics of mutation and its effect on evolution and health
- study the fundamentals of population genetics
Mendelian genetics-Mendel’s Experiment and Laws of inheritance, Gene interactions-co dominance and incomplete dominance Epistasis (recessive and dominant), Complementary and Supplementary genes, Lethal genes.
Sex determination mechanisms in plants and animals. Non-disjunction theory and Genetic balance theory, Sex chromatin bodies and Dosage compensation, Sex linked inheritance.
Linkage and mapping genes, CIS-TRANS or complementation test for functional allelism.
Recombination in bacteria-conjugation, transformation and transduction.
Spontaneous and induced mutations, types of point mutations, physical and chemical mutagens. Structural and numerical chromosomal aberrations.
Evolution of wheat, cotton and Raphanobrassica. Hereditary defects in humans-Downs syndrome, Klinfelters syndrome and Turners syndrome.
Extra chromosomal inheritance, maternal effect, chloroplast and mitochondrial genetic system.
Population genetics-gene and genotype frequency, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
- Gene IX, Lewin, Oxford university Press, 2007
- Microbial Genetics, 2nd edition, Maloy, D Freidfelder and John E Cronan., Jones and Barlett Publishers, 1994
- Principles of Genetics, 8th edition, E J Gardener, M J Simmons and D P Snustad, John Wiley and Sons Publications, 2005
- Advanced Genetics, G S Miglani, Narosa Publication House, 2003
- Cell Biology & Molecular Biology, 8th edition, E D P Roberties and E M F Roberties, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005
- Fundamental Genetics, J Ringo, Cambridge University Press, 2004
- Genetics, 3rd edition, M V Strickberger, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2004
