Course Contents
1. Nucleic acids. Plant and animal viruses (DNA and RNA) and their importance in molecular biology.
2. Tumor viruses, retroviruses, conjugation, gene mapping, transformation and transduction, Integration of viral DNA, consequences of Integration.
3. Transposition: transposable elements, detection of transposition in bacteria, types of bacterial transposons, modes of transposition in bacteria. Genetic phenomena mediated by transposons, transposable elements in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
4. Gene expression in pro- and eukaryotes.
5. Genetic transformation (all kinds). Regulation of simple and complex transcription unit.
6. Advances in genetics: molecular techniques viz. Southern, Northern and Western blotting, PCR, RFLP, AFLP’s, RAPDs, Micro-sattelites, SNPs.
Recommended Books
1. Alberts, B., A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K .Roberts, and P. Walter.
2. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Ed. Garland Publishing Inc. New York.2002.
3. Watson, J,D., T.A. Baker, S.P. Bell, A. Gann, M. Levine, and R. Losick. Molecular biology of the gene. Pearson Education. 2004.
4. Snyder, L. and W. Chapness. Molecular Genetics of bacteria. ASM, Press, 2003.
5. Lewin, B. Gene-VIII. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 2004.
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Book Title : Principles of Genetics
Author : Snustad, D. P. and Simmons, M. J.
Edition : Third
Publisher : Ed. Johan Wiley and Sons Inc. New York, USA
Book Title : Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
Author : Benjamin A. Pierce
Edition : Fourth
Publisher : W. H. Freeman and Company
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