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Critique the positive and negative potentials of BT toxin producing plants
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BIOL 3036
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Demonstrate proficiency in basic molecular and cell biology techniques
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BIOL 2020
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Describe how to make a transgenic fish
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BIOL 3036
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Describe the usefulness and production of herbicide resistant plants
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BIOL 3036
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Design an experiment to study cell biology topics
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BIOL 2020
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Explain and illustrate the fundamental biochemistry required in the application of modern techniques of molecular biology: (i) screen complementary (cDNA) and genomic libraries to identify and clone specific DNA (gene) sequences; (ii) DNA sequencing
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BIOL 2030
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Outline how to make transgenic mammals
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BIOL 3036
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Outline the different ways of making transgenic plants
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BIOL 3036
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Recall the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a key method in molecular biology.
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BIOL 3036
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Understand the basic principles of DNA technology/Biotechnology, its applications and the ethical and societal implications of this technological revolution
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multiple courses
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Describe in detail restriction endonucleases, their recognition sequences in DNA, and their application in the Southern blot and hybridization technique for diagnosis of human genetic disease.
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BIOL 2030
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Diagram the RNAi pathway and understand its usefulness in decreasing gene expression
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BIOL 3036
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Understand optimal foraging theory, the pros and cons of dietary techniques for estimating diet and the importance of the development of new technologies
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BIOL 3090
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Understand the concepts and role genetics plays in conservation of marine mammals
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BIOL 3090
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Describe how to cut/modify DNA
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BIOL 3036
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Design DNA primers that could be used for targeted amplification of specific DNA segments via PCR.
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BIOL 3042
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Explain how DNA sequence data are used to identify species, and how this methodology has developed into a new subdiscipline of taxonomic science known as ‘DNA barcoding’
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BIOL 3042
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Know the history of molecular biology and recombinant DNA
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BIOL 3036
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Outline basic features of newer methods of DNA sequencing and how they have initiated an important shift from ‘population genetics’ to ‘population genomics’
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BIOL 3042
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Outline newer variations of PCR, quantitative PCR (qPCR) and reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR), and their applications in molecular ecology
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BIOL 3042
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Describe DNA microsatellites, the models of how they mutate, and their uses in population genetics, pedigree analyses, behavioural ecology and forensic analyses
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BIOL 3042
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Understand the importance of molecular evolution in the post-genomic era, and be able to explain this to non-specialists.
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BIOL 3046
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