BC5101 - Genes, Genomes and Development

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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An understanding of the function and regulation of individual genes is critical to our understanding of how genetic information (genotype) is transformed into the shape, size and type of an individual organism (its phenotype). This subject explores the diverse mechanisms of regulation in both prokaryote and eukaryote systems and the techniques used to explore them. The subject also describes how different cells differentiate and develop and introduces the molecular and genetic bases of embryology, immunology and cancer.

Learning Outcomes

• To understand how genetic information is coverted into the appearance of an organism;
• To understand the mechanism responsible for the control of gene expression in a model system;
• To compare gene expression in organisms.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

BC3101

Availabilities
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Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator:	Professor David Miller
Lecturers:	jc134630, Professor David Miller.
Contact hours:	30 hours 6 hours 4 hours 16 hours
Assessment:	(65%); (10%); (25%).
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.