Semester III
Principles of Genetics
GPB 211 · 3 (2+1) credit hours
Syllabus
Topic-wise syllabus
Theory
28 topics · 30 lectures
| No. | Topic | Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| Unit I | ||
| 1 | Pre and Post Mendelian concepts of heredity | 1 |
| 2 | Mendelian principles of heredity | 1 |
| 3 | Study of model organisms (Drosophila, Arabidopsis, Garden pea, E. coli, and mice) | 1 |
| 4 | Architecture of chromosomes, chromonemata, chromosome matrix, chromomeres, centromere, secondary constriction and telomere | 1 |
| 5 | Special types of chromosomes | 1 |
| 6 | Chromosomal theory of inheritance | 1 |
| 7 | Cell cycle and Cell division – mitosis & meiosis | 1 |
| 8 | Probability and Chi-square | 1 |
| 9 | Dominance relationships | 1 |
| 10 | Epistatic interactions with examples (complementary, supplementary, duplicate gene interactions) | 1 |
| 11 | Epistatic interactions with examples (masking, inhibitory, polymeric and additive gene interactions) | 1 |
| Unit II | ||
| 12 | Introduction and definition of cytology, genetics and cytogenetics and their interrelation | 1 |
| 13 | Multiple alleles, pleiotropism and pseudoalleles | 1 |
| 14 | Sex determination and sex linkage | 1 |
| 15 | Sex limited and sex influenced traits | 1 |
| 16 | Blood group genetics | 1 |
| 17 | Linkage and its estimation | 1 |
| 18 | Crossing over mechanism | 1 |
| 19 | Chromosome mapping | 1 |
| 20 | Structural variations in chromosomes and their implications | 1 |
| 21 | Numerical variations in chromosomes and their implications | 1 |
| Unit III | ||
| 22 | Use of haploids, dihaploids and double haploids in Genetics | 1 |
| 23 | Mutation, classification, Methods of inducing mutations, mutagenic agents and induction of mutation | 2 |
| 24 | Qualitative & Quantitative traits, Polygenes and continuous variations and Multiple factor hypothesis | 1 |
| 25 | Cytoplasmic inheritance | 1 |
| 26 | Types of DNA and RNA, Nature, structure and replication of genetic material | 2 |
| 27 | Transcription and translation mechanism of genetic material | 1 |
| 28 | Gene concept: Gene structure and function and regulation | 1 |
Practical
9 topics
| No. | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Study of microscope: parts and types |
| 2 | Study of cell structure |
| 3 | Mitosis and Meiosis cell division |
| 4 | Experiments on monohybrid, dihybrid, trihybrid, test cross and back cross |
| 5 | Experiments on epistatic interactions including test cross and back cross |
| 6 | Experiments on Chi-square test and probability |
| 7 | Determination of linkage and cross over analysis (through two-point test cross and three-point test cross data) |
| 8 | Study on sex-linked inheritance in Drosophila |
| 9 | Study of models on DNA and RNA structure |
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