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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.
The following is a brief outline of the topics that will be covered by the course, and thelecturers involved in each of the sections.Molecular Genetics: Jack HeinemannIn this set of lectures, the exceptions to the rules will be emphasized by outlining the extraordinary diversity of products that can arise from variations of central dogma reactions and how these variations are important for the biology of organism in which they occur.Genome Biology: Anthony PooleIn this series of lectures, we will look at genetics from the perspective of genomes. We willbegin with an introduction to genome sequencing technologies, and gene finding andannotation using computers, before shifting our focus to the biology and genetics of eukaryotegenomes.Population/Conservation Genetics: Marie HaleThese lectures will focus on the processes that influence the creation, maintenance anddistribution of genetic variation in natural populations and provide an introduction toquantitative genetic analysis.
BIOL213 and BIOL231 and BIOL271. For students enrolled before 2010, BIOL231 and BIOL232 and BIOL271
Lab sessions start at 2.10 pm week commencing Monday 21st February (P stream) and Thursday 24th February (Q stream) in von Haast 121. Labs will run in weeks 1, 2, 6 and 7 in Term 1 and weeks 11 and 12 in Term 2.
Marie Hale
Jack Heinemann and Anthony Poole
Maggie Tisch
Frankham, Richard , Briscoe, David A., Ballou, J. D; Introduction to conservation genetics ; Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Griffiths, Anthony J. F; Introduction to genetic analysis ; 9th ed; W.H. Freeman and Co, 2008.
Watson, James D; Molecular biology of the gene ; 6th ed; Pearson/Benjamin Cummings ;, 2008.
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Domestic fee $1,381.00
International fee $6,450.00
* 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.
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