BIOL330-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Advanced Concepts in Genetics

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

Advanced molecular genetics of animals, plants, bacteria and viruses, with an emphasis on recombinant DNA and genomic technologies and their applications, and population, quantitative and evolutionary genetics with a conservation emphasis.

Prerequisites

Either (1) BIOL230; or (2) BIOL231 and BIOL232 and BIOL271

Restrictions

PAMS309/ZOOL309

Timetable Note

Lab sessions start at 2.10 pm week commencing 2 March in Biology, Room 211.  Labs will run in weeks 2, 3 and 6 in semester 1 and weeks 7, 10 and 11 in semester 2.

Course Coordinator

Marie Hale

Lab Coordinators

Maggie Tisch and Claire Galilee

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 50%
Evolutionary & Population Assessment - term 2 15%
Molecular Genetics Assessment - term 1 10%
In term Test 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Griffiths, Anthony J. F; Introduction to genetic analysis ; 9th ed; W.H. Freeman and Co, 2008.

Recommended Reading

Avise, John C; Phylogeography : the history and formation of species ; Harvard University Press, 2000.

Frankham, Richard , Briscoe, David A., Ballou, J. D; Introduction to conservation genetics ; Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Watson, James D; Molecular biology of the gene ; 6th ed; Pearson/Benjamin Cummings ;, 2008.

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Course Outline

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,159.00

International fee $5,273.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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