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Genetics
This paper will enable students to-
- 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.
Replica plating technique to isolate mutants.
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.
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