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Genetics Mic211
Genetics Mic211
MIC 211/150
Nurul Hidayah Bt Adenan
Room 03-006
Course Content
3 credit hours
5 major topics will be covered (lecture)
10 topics for practical session.
Assessment
Course Work:
Tests (3 x 10%)
Assignment
Laboratory report
Final exam
60%
:30%
:10%
:20%
40%
Study Plan
Chapter/ Activity
Time
Week 1/2
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Test 1
Week 5
Week 5/6
Week 7
Week 8
Test 2
Week 8/9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 11/12
Test 3
Week 12
Lecture Outline
Chapter 1 :Mendelian Genetics
Mendels work
Monohybrid inheritance and principle of
segregation
Dihibrid inheritance and principle of independent
assortment
Test cross
Lecture Outline
Chapter 2: Extention of Mendelian Genetics
Codominance
Incomplete dominance
Multiple alleles
Lethal alleles
Epistasis
Polygenic inheritance
Linked genes
Crossover value and gene mapping
Sex linked genes
Lecture Outline
Chapter 3: Microbial genetics
An overview of genetic processes
The basis of heredity
Nucleic acids in information storage and
transfer
Lecture Outline
Chapter 4: Mutations
Types of mutations and their effects on organisms
Phenotypic variation
Chemical mutagens
Radiation mutagens
The repair of DNA damage
The study of mutations
Lecture Outline
Chapter 5: Gene transfer and genetic recombination
The types and significance of gene transfer
Transformation (discovery, mechanism, significance)
Transduction
Conjugation
Reference Books
Brooker R.J,
2005, Genetics, Analysis and
Principles.
Addison Wesley
Russell P.J, 2010, iGenetics: A Molecular Approach
(3rd Edition). Pearson