AGRC 311 — Introductory Genetics
Agriculture · University of Ghana
The general approach to biology: genetics and the questions of biology, the molecular basis of genetic information, the program of genetic investigation, methodologies used in genetics, model organisms, genes, the environment and the organism; Transmission genetics: single gene inheritance, independent assortment of genes, mapping eukaryotic chromosomes, gene interaction; From DNA to Phenotype: DNA: Structure and replication, RNA: Transcription and processing; Proteins and their synthesis, Regulation of Gene Expression, Genomes and Genomics; Mutation, Variation and Evolution: The Dynamic Genome, Mutation, Repair and Recombination, Large scale chromosomal changes, Basic concepts in population, quantitative and evolutionary genetics; Gene isolation and manipulation.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
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- AGEC 313 — Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Theory
- AGEC 314 — Research Methods, Statistics & Mathematics for Economists & Business
- AGEX 311 — Development Sociology
- AGEX 312 — Extension Programme Planning and Evaluation
- AGEX 313 — Gender Planning and Development
- AGEX 314 — FBO Development and Management
- AGEX 316 — Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Development
- AGRC 302 — Principles of Biotechnology
- ANIM 312 — Introduction to Ruminant Production
- CROP 311 — Crop Protection
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).