Topics discussed in class ( 21st-29th July,2015)

Chapter 6: Molecular theory of inheritance.
Replication, Transcription in Prokaryotes and eukaryotes, Genetic code- salient features, tRNA structure, Translation, UTRs, Gene regulation in Prokaryotes- Lac Operon, Human Genome Project- Goals and salient features, ESTs and sequence annotation.

Topics discussed in class (1st - 20th July, 2015)

Chapter 5 : Principles of Inheritance and Variation
Subtopics: Monohybrid cross, Dihybrid cross, Mendels Laws of Inheritance, Incomplete dominance, pleiotropy, multiple allelism, Linkage and Recombination, Sex determination mechanism, Mutation- Genetic Mutations and Chromosomal aberration-Aneuploidy and polyploidy, Pedegree Analysis.
Practicals: Pedegree charts of blood group, widow peak, tongue rolling, Ear lobes.
Study of  Law of Segregation and independent assortment using Mendelian ratios.
Chapter 6: Molecular basis of inheritance
Subtopics: Structure of DNA, Double Helix model of DNA, Griffith transforming principle experiment, Hershey and chase experiment, Attributes of a genetic material, DNA vs RNA as genetic material, RNA world, Messelson's and Stahl experiment