Week 5 An overview, transgenic yeast, transgenic plants, transgenic animals, screening for genetic diseases
Course Material
- Week-1: Introduction of Recombinant DNA Technology
- Week 2 Restriction enzymes, Plasmids, Bacteriophages as tools, the formation of recombinant DNA
- Week 3 Site directed Mutagenesis
- Week 4 Application of Recombinant DNA
- Week 5 An overview, transgenic yeast, transgenic plants, transgenic animals, screening for genetic diseases
- Week 6 Identifying disease genes, DNA typing, gene therapy, genetically modified organisms and apprehensions
- Week 7 Gene Mutation: The molecular basis of gene mutations, Spontaneous mutations, induced mutations
- Week 8 Reversion Analysis mutagens and carcinogens,
- Week 9 Mid Term Examinations
- Week 10 Biological repair mechanisms
- Week 11 General homologous recombination, the holiday model, enzymatic mechanism of recombination, site-specific recombination
- Week 12 Recombination and chromosomal rearrangements
- Week 13 Transposable Genetic Elements
- Week 14 Human Genome Project
- Week 15 Other plant genome projects
- Week 16 Bioinformatics
- Week 17 Bioethics: Moral, Religious and ethical concerns
- Week 18 Final Term Examinations
- Chapters 18
- Department Botany
- Teacher
Dr Asma Ashfaq
