PRINCIPLES
OF GENETICS
Code:ZOO-2011
Credit:
3(T)+1(P)
Unit1:
Incomplete Dominance and Co-Dominance
Lethal Alleles, Penetrance and Expressivity
Sex-Influenced and Sex-Limited Characters in Inheritance
Cytological Basis of Crossing Over
Recombination Frequency as a Measure of Linkage Intensity
Two-Factor and Three-Factor Crosses
Coefficient of Coincidence and Interference
Gene Mapping by Somatic Cell Hybridization
Unit2:
Chromosomal Aberrations—Deletion, duplication, inversion, translocation, aneuploidy and polyploidy
Induced vs. Spontaneous Mutations
Backward and Forward Mutations
Molecular Basis of Mutations in Relation to UV Light and Chemical Mutagens
Detection of Mutations in Drosophila: CLB and Attached Methods
Unit3: 10
Basis of Sex Determination: Genetic and Environmental
Sex Determination in Drosophila and Humans
Mechanism of Dosage Compensation
Comparison of Nuclear and Extranuclear InheritanceAntibiotic Resistance in Chlamydomonas
Mitochondrial Mutations in Saccharomyces and Human Disorders
Infective Heredity in Paramecium
Maternal Effects: Shell Coiling in Limnaea and Pigmentation in Ephestia
Polygenic Inheritance and Transgressive Variation
