Genetics

In this course students will be able to understand

• UNIT -1

1. Basics concept of Genetics

2. Structure of DNA and RNA, Nucleotide, Sugar and Phosphate

3. Complimentary Base Pairing and Antiparallel Strands present in DNA

• UNIT – 2

1. Learn about the Mendelian law of Inheritance

2. Why he chose Pea plants for his Experiments 

3. we will study about Monohybrid cross and Dihybrid cross

4. Problems to solve on Monohybrid and Dihybrid cross

5. Incomplete Dominance with an example

• UNIT – 3

1. Different Types of Gene Interaction like Epistasis, Multiple Allelism with example and Polygenic Inheritance

2. Students can solve Problem on Multiple Allelism

• UNIT- 4

1. Sex determination in plants and animals

2. Heterogametic Male and its types

3. Heterogametic Female and its types with an Example

• UNIT – 5

1. Crossing over and its mechanism

2. Complete linkage and in complete linkage seen in Drosophila and maize

3. Coupling and repulsion hypothesis on Linkage

4. Morgan view on linkage

• UNIT- 6

1. Structural changes seen in chromosome like Deletion, Inversion, Duplication, Translocation and Tandem duplication

2. Numerical changes seen in chromosome related to Autopolyploid and Allopolyploid

3. we will study in detail about Autopolyploid and allopolyploid with an example of New World Cotton Plant

• UNIT – 7

1. Maternal Inheritance seen in Mirabilis jalapa

2. Petite characters in yeast

3. Kappa Particles in Paramecium

• UNIT- 8

1. Mutation and Mutagens

2. Physical, Chemical and Biological Mutagens

3. Point mutation and Frame shift mutation

4. Gene mutation like Transition, Transversion and Tautomerism

• UNIT – 9

1. Different types of Syndromes like turners, Down, Cri du chat and Klinefelter’s Syndrome