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Undergraduate Bulletin 2006-2008 
    
Undergraduate Bulletin 2006-2008 [Archived Catalog]

BIOL 218 - Genetics and Molecular Biology


The course will cover the principles of classical and molecular genetics. Mendelian inheritance, linkage, gene interaction and chromosomal aberrations, nucleic acids structure, gene function (replication, transcription, and translation), mutation and repair, regulation of gene expression, genetic engineering. The laboratory experiments include linkage mapping in Drosophila, allozyme variation in fish, DNA extraction, electrophoresis, restriction enzyme analysis, gene isolation by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This course is open only to science majors. Instructor’s permission required for non-biology majors.

Preparation for Course
P: 117, 119, and CHM 116 or permission of instructor.

Cr. 4.
Hours
Class 3, Lab. 3,
Session Indicators
(spring, summer)