BC3022:03
Molecular Genetics for Biologists *
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
35 hours lectures, 5 hours tutorials, 24 hours practicals. July block mode.
Staff: Dr D Miller, Dr S Vasudevan.
What DNA is and what it does (structure, characteristics and isolation; replication, transcription and translation). Methods for manipulating DNA (cloning, sequencing, PCR etc). Genes, genomes and genetic markers. Ways of getting evolutionary information from molecular data.
Learning Objectives:
- the components of the genome;
- basic DNA manipulation skills;
- the application of molecular genetic approaches to evolutionary and taxonomic questions.
Assessment by one three-hour examination (65%); assignments (15%); practicals (20%).
* Offered at Townsville and Cairns in alternate years. Offered in Cairns in 2003.