BIOL 262 - Principles Ofmodern Genetic Analysis

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Widener University-Main Campus

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This course focuses on the important concepts of classical, molecular, and population genetics. Discussion of Mendelian genetics is integrated with coverage of the relevant topics in cellular and molecular genetics. The course places special emphasis on problem solving skills and genetic analysis. Topics include the structure of genes and genomes across the wide range of living organisms; mechanisms of inheritance and recombination; gene expression and mutation; chromosome structure and the role of chromosomal changes in evolution; recombinant DNA technology and its application to modern biology; and population genetics and mechanisms of evolution. The laboratory includes experimentation with live organisms, including transmission genetics in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and genetic recombination in the bacterium, Escherichia coli. Exercises also include computer modeling of genetic systems and analysis of computer generated data. Each student clones and characterizes a restriction endonuclease fragment of the bacteriophage Lambda genome in an E. coli host/plasmid vector system during a seven-week-long laboratory project. This project lab incorporates many of the basic tools of recombinant DNA technology. Prerequisite: BIOL 261 and CHEM 255. 4 semester hours

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4.00

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Institution Website:

www.widener.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 499-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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