311029 (v.1) Genetics in Pharmacy 121

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	4.0
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Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	311022 (v.1) Human Biology 130 or any previous version
Syllabus:	The chemical nature of genes, linking genotype to phenotype; Mendel's postulates and the chromosomal theory of inheritance; Cell division, mitosis and meiosis; Dominant and recessive alleles, x-linked and sex linked inheritance, punnett squares and pedigrees. Hardy Weinberg law; natural selection, mutation, genetic drift and the founder effect influence allele frequency; Conjugation and transformation in bacteria, transduction and transposons; eukaryotic viruses and gene transfer between cellular and viral genomes. Semi-conservative replication, DNA synthesis in bacteria and eukaryotes and DNA recombination. Transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Ribosomal and transfer RNA's; The genetic code and translation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; posttranslational modifications. Types of mutation and DNA repair mechanisms; Regulation of bacterial expression and the lac and trp operons; Factors influencing eukaryotic expression. The genetic basis of cancer; cell cycle, oncogene and tumour suppressor mutations; viral contribution to cancer. Recombinant DNA technologies; transgenic animals; recombinant approaches to vaccines; genetic engineering of plants; gene therapy; ethical issues.
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Field of Education:	010900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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