Viruses and microorganisms, including beneficial and harmful activities. Topics include function in relation to ultrastucture, growth and its control, metabolism and its regulation, genetics and recombinant DNA technology, ecology, agricultural, food and industrial microbiology, infectious diseases and immunity. Basic biochemistry in areas related to human health and nutrition. Designed for students in the dietetics program. BIOL 202, CHEM 224, 225.
Experiments cover variety of modern techniques in molecular biology.
Review of classical genetics, including cytoloqical mechanisms of inheritance, Mendelian principles, linkage and sex determination in diploids. Topics in molecular genetics compare genetic mechanisms in viral, procaryotic, and eucaryotic systems involving organization of nucleic acid into chromosomes, replication, repair, mutagenesis, recombination, and control of gene expression. Germ cells, gene amplification, fertilization, cleavage, cell surfaces, induction, regeneration, hormones, neoplasms. Modern synthetic theory, genetic basis of variation, gene pool in populations. Water relations, metabolism, and morphogenesis of plants.