Syllabus

JNTUK B. Tech Genetics for R13 Batch.

JNTUK B.Tech Genetics gives you detail information of Genetics R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.

UNIT – I: PHYSICAL BASIS OF HEREDITY
Basic laws of inheritance, modification of Mendel’s ratios, multiple factors of inheritance. Genes and environment, identification of genetic material – classical experiments, Hershey chase, Avery McLeod etc. Packing of DNA, organization of genetic material in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
LO: To demonstrate Mendel’s laws pictorially.
LA: Assessment of practical demonstration of Mendel’s laws.

UNIT – II: LINKAGE AND RECOMBINATION
Chromosomal inheritance, Linkage and Crossing over, Mechanism of Recombination, Methods of Transduction – Generalized, Specialized and Abortive, Bacteriophages – Lytic and Lysogenic life cycle, Molecular mechanism of Transformation, Bacterial Conjugation.
LO: To study the various concepts of inheritance and recombination.
LA: Assessment by practical observation.

UNIT-III: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SEX DETERMINATION
Mechanism of sex determination in Insect (Fruit Fly), plants (Melandrium), F and HFr transfer, Mechanism of transfer. Sex determination and developments in Humans, Dosage compensation, Maryleons Hypothesis, Sex linked disorders in Human beings – Fragile-X syndrome, Down’s syndrome.
LO: To demonstrate sex determination in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and observation of genetic disorders in humans.
LA: Assessment by practical demonstration & patient’s observation.

UNIT – IV: CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION AND ABERRATIONS
Chromosome morphology, classification, Karyotyping, Special Chromosomes, Chromosome aberrations, Origin, types and Cytogenetic effects, Gene Mapping, Test Crosses.
LO: To demonstrate the chromosome structure and its organization.
LA: Assessment by practical observation of chromosomes of different tissues.

Unit :- V: MUTATIONS AND DISEASES
Mutations, types of mutations, Snps and related diseases ( Turner’s syndrome, colour blindness,klinfelter’s) genetic diseases- cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia . Gene silencing, knockout genes.
LO: To demonstrate diseases caused by mutations in humans and micro-organisms.
LA: Assessment of mutations by analysis, practical observations and essays.

UNIT – VI: EXTRA CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE
Introduction to Extra Chromosomal Inheritance, Examples of Extra Chromosomal Inheritance, Petite Phenotypes in Yeast, Uniparental inheritance in Algae.
LO: To demonstrate extra chromosomal inheritance.
LA: Assessment by experimental demonstration.

TEXT BOOKS

  • E.J. Gardner, M.J. Simmons & DP Shustad. Principles of Genetics, 2001

REFERENCES

  • Goodenough U. Hold Genetics, International2010
  • Griffith Genetics 9th edition W. H. Freeman and Company 2007
  • Strickberger Genetics 8th edition TBS 2008
  • Essentials of Genetics (In genomics prospective), Hartwell, 2003
  • Robert H. Tamarin Principles of Genetics-, 7th edition Tata McGraw Hill 2001

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