BIO202 Molecular Biology

This course builds upon the cellular concepts acquired in General Biology 1. Subjects include Drosophila and yeast tetrad genetics, linkage and mapping studies, anatomy and function of a gene through mutational studies; the Human Genome Project, polymorphisms and positional cloning, systems biology and proteomics, and mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes. The laboratory will introduce the major techniques used in molecular biology. (3 lecture hours and 3 lab hours per week)