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Course code: BBS20184o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Comparative Genomics
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr Tomasz Strzała,
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students.

Learning outcomes: Knowledge: student compares and analyzes the differences between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of different species of animals and plants; student uses differences in the various parts of the genome in comparative studies and uses them to develop ways of evolution of genomes; student is able to distinguish the functions of genes and noncoding regions of DNA. Skills: student can make a comparative analysis of selected fragments of the genomes of different methods; analyzes and interprets the results of comparisons of different genomes and their fragments.

Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): student is aware of the responsibility for the tasks commonly performed in the band.

Prerequisites: cell biology, genetics, molecular biology

Course content: genome anatomy, comparative analysis and phylogeny of the genomes, the functioning of genomes, the mechanisms of genome evolution, the construction of the human genome.

Recommended literature: 1. Brown T.A. Genomy, PWN Warszawa 2009 2. Bergman, Nicholas H. Comparative Genomics, Humana Press 2007 3. Sankoff, D.; Nadeau, J.H Comparative Genomics, Springer 2000 4. Brown J. Comparative Genomics: Basic and Applied Research, CRC Press, 2007

Assessment methods: Assessment of exercise: The presence on the exercises is obligatory, the student may have only one unauthorized absence. In the case of excused absences the student is required to pass the relevant part of the material. Completion of the course: students apply course credits consisting of the execution of the project containing the elements made during exercise and requires interpretation of the results and help reach their conclusions.

Comment: specialization: Laboratory Techniques in Biology