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Course code: NBSS10122o16Semester: 2016/2017 winter
Name: Basic Genetics
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Michał Piegza
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: At the end of the course student is familiar with: the ideas of Mendelian genetics; the structure and molecular organization of chromosomes and DNA; the gene function, regulation and mapping, mutation; the recombination and DNA repair.
Competences: After completing the course students are able to solve simple problems in Mendelian genetics; discribe the structure and organization of genetic material in procaryotic and eucaryotic organisms; explain the mechanism of gene expression and its regulation.
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, General Microbiology
Course content: Genetics of Procaryota, Eucaryota and Viruses. The mechanisms of heritage- modification of mendelian laws. Structure, function and expression of procaryotic, eucaryotic and viral genes. Genetic variability- mutations, recombination, hybridization of protoplasts. Genetic mapping – genes and DNA markers (RFLP, SSLP, SNP). Genetic diseases. Basics of population genetics. Mitochondial and chloroplastal heritage.
Recommended literature: 1. Biotechnology Vol.2. Genetics Engineering, Ed. Pühler A., Rehm H., J., Reed G., Cambridge 1993; 2. Concepts of genetics, Klug W., S., Cummings M., R., Prentice Hall International Inc. 1997; 3. Genetyka ogólna i molekularna, Gajewski W., PWN 1995. 4. Genetyka molekularna, red. Węgleński P., PWN 1995; 5. Genomy, Bron T.A., PWN 2000.
Assessment methods: Accepted exercises, oral exam.
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