BB 450, M 302, or by consent of instructor. 3 Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the economically important disease agents of fish emphasizing microbiology, parasitology, pathology, immunology, and serology. Two years of biology. A survey of representative viruses with an emphasis on the molecular mechanisms involved in replication, transcription, and pathogenesis. An in-depth study of plant viruses with an emphasis on the relationship between structure and function.
Areas covered include infection, replication, genomic expression, encapsidation and transmission.
Offer alternate years. Current topics in molecular biology, genetics, plasmid biology and virology. Offered alternate years. Offered alternate years. A broad spectrum of topics will be covered from genetics to applied agricultural issues.