BZ2420 - Genetics for Biology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Knowledge and techniques derived from genetics and related fields are having an increasing impact on our everyday lives. Genetic approaches are applied across the range of disciplines in the biological sciences; in ecology, evolution and conservation, in understanding of biodiversity, for developing new and improved agriculture and aquaculture industries and in biotechnology. In this subject we expand on knowledge gained in level one subjects and show how genetics can provide new insights into all aspects of biology.
Learning Outcomes
- to understand the applications of genetic techniques to human biology, breeding of domestic animals and plants, population biology and conservation;
- to understand the basis of and methods for studying genetic diversity;
- to understand how the structures and functions of living things are prescribed and controlled by genetic factors;
- to acquire proficiency in observation and evaluation of methods of data collection and analysis;
- to gain experience in problem-solving and scientific decision-making, and to develop skills in preparing and presenting written technical reports.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have completed 12 credit points of level 1 science subjects including chemistry (CH1001, BM1000 or CH1011), and an understanding of the fundamentals of biology, inheritance and the principles of evolution (BZ1001 or BM1000 or equivalent). |
| Prerequisites: | (AG1002 OR BZ1001) AND (CH1011 OR CH1001 OR BM1000) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | AG2005 BZ5420 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor David Blair |
| Lecturers: | Dr Jonathan Cornelius, Assoc. Professor Michelle Waycott. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); practical reports, written assignments and on-course tests (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor David Blair |
| Lecturers: | Dr Anna Koetz, Dr Jonathan Cornelius, Assoc. Professor Michelle Waycott. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); practical reports, written assignments and on-course tests (50%). |
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