311029 (v.1) Genetics in Pharmacy 121

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	12.5
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	DNA replication, structure, complementary base pairing, semi-conservative theory, histone binding and supercoiling. DNA polymerases, initiation, unwinding and elongation factors, eukaryotic and bacterial replication. Transcription processing to mRNA using poly A and end-capping procedures. Transcription control systems. Mutations in DNA code. Translation - triplet code for protein synthesis from mRNA. RNA structures in bacteria and eukaryotes. Detailed mitosis and meiosis. Chromosomal mutations and theiraetiology. Mendelian genetics - dominant and recessive alleles. Autosomal and x-linked recessive mutation aetiology. Profile of population dynamics and frequency of mutations. Hardy-Weinberg principles and calculations to determine allele frequency. Viruses - structure, reactions to stimuli, life cycle of bacteriophages, animal virus replication. Cancer - oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes, causes of altered gene expression.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External