01 Jan
Introduction
Basics of genetics
Brief over view of genetics, its history, and evolution as a branch of science
01 Jan
Mendalism and chromosomal basis of inheritance
The father of genetics: mendal; Mendalism
Laws of Mendal, the theory of chromosomal inheritance, dominance and co-dominance
Success and faliures of Mendal
What led mendal to become the father of genetics and what was the reason that caused the acceptance of his work only after his death
The theory of chromosomal basis of inheritance
What exactly is the theory and what led to it's discovery
Similarities between mendalian laws and theory of inheritance
What are the similarities that are found between the laws of mendal and the theory of inheritance
01 Jan
Gene interaction
Epistasis
The different types of epistasis
Pleiotropy
The definition of pleiotry, how it functions and what are it's outcomes
Various types of gene interaction
The various types of interaction in genes, examples and outcomes of the interaction
01 Jan
Genetic linkage and Gene mapping
Linkage
What is linkage, it's types, it's causes and it's outcomes
Genetic Mapping Techniques
The process of genetic mapping and calculation of distance between two genes and correlation between a physical and genetic map
01 Jan
Sex chromosome and sex determination
Sex chromosome
What is sex chromose and what is it's function
Sex determination in animals
The different types of sex determination in animals
Sex determination in plants
The mode of a sex determination in plants
01 Jan
Genome
The human genome
The nature of human genome, size and it's cimplexity
Transposable elements
What are transposable elements and their function
Junk DNA
Why the huge human genome was earlier termed as the junk DNA and how this misnomer has been solved now
01 Jan
Recombination
DNA Recombination
What is dna recombination and it's cause
The process of recombination
Detailed study of the recombination process
Outcomes of Recombination
The advantages and disadvantages of Recombination
01 Jan
Genetic code
The laws of genetic code
The various laws that govern the genetic code
Wobble hypothesis
The function of wobble hypothesis and what exactly it is
Codons
What are codons and it's function
01 Jan
Mutation
Mutation and it's cause
What is mutation and what are it's probable cause
Types of mutation
The various kinds of mutation and it's outcome
Mutagen
What is a mutagen, it's classification and types
Outcome of mutation
What are the various outcomes of mutations
01 Jan
DNA replication
Semi conservative nature
Experiments that prove it's semi conservative nature
Replication machinery and it's function
Replication
The process involved in DNA replication
01 Jan
Quiz
Quiz 1
Test the understanding of topics taught in lectures 1-5
Quiz 2
Test the understanding of topics taught in lectures 6-10