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BC3022:03

Molecular Genetics for Biologists

[Offered at Townsville and Cairns in alternate years. Offered in Townsville in 2004.]

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 2

35 hours lectures, 5 hours tutorials, 24 hours practicals. June block mode.

Staff:

Dr D Miller,

Professor J Burnell.

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%).