Genetic Engineering in Delhi University

Can you provide me the syllabus of M.Sc. Programme offered by Department of Genetics of University of Delhi? Provide me the contact detail of University of Delhi as well?

[Pathak]

The Department of Genetics of University of Delhi was established in 1984, as a part of the Faculty of Inter-disciplinary & Applied Sciences at the University of Delhi South Campus.

PART I: Semester-1
Gen 0701-Concepts of Genetics

Model systems in Genetic Analysis: Bacteriophage, E. coli, Neurospora crassa, yeast,
Arabidopsis, maize, Drosophila, C. elegans, Zebra fish, Homo sapiens - General outline of life
cycle, importance in Genetic analysis.

Laws of inheritance: Mendel’s Laws, concept of dominance, segregation, independent
assortment; Chromosome theory of inheritance.

Allelic and non-allelic interactions: Concept of alleles, types of dominance, lethal alleles,
multiple alleles, test of allelism, complementation; Epistasis.

Linkage: Concepts, recombination, gene mapping in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, fine structure
mapping.

Sex-linked inheritance: Conceptual basis, sex influenced traits, mechanism of sex
determination.

Quantitative inheritance – Concept, Genes and Environment - heritability, penetrance and
expressivity.

Cytoplasmic inheritance – Basis and mechanism, role of organellar genes.

Mutation – Classification, mechanism, repair, role in genetic analysis and evolution.

Syllabus of M.Sc. Programme




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