The students will be given a brief over view as to what will be covered in the upcoming chapters/ sessions.

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1. 1. Basics of genetics

Brief over view of genetics, its history, and evolution as a branch of science

The era of mendal and laws of mendal and the theory of inheritance

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1. 1. The father of genetics: mendal; Mendalism

Laws of Mendal, the theory of chromosomal inheritance, dominance and co-dominance

2. 2. 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

3. 3. The theory of chromosomal basis of inheritance

What exactly is the theory and what led to it's discovery

4. 4. 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

How to genes interact with one another and types of Gene interaction

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1. 1. Epistasis

The different types of epistasis

2. 2. Pleiotropy

The definition of pleiotry, how it functions and what are it's outcomes

3. 3. Various types of gene interaction

The various types of interaction in genes, examples and outcomes of the interaction

Genetic Mapping techniques and interference and coincidence

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1. 1. Linkage

What is linkage, it's types, it's causes and it's outcomes

2. 2. Genetic Mapping Techniques

The process of genetic mapping and calculation of distance between two genes and correlation between a physical and genetic map

Various methods of sex determination in plants and animals and also various sex linked traits and sex linked inheretance along with pedigree analysis

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1. 1. Sex chromosome

What is sex chromose and what is it's function

2. 2. Sex determination in animals

The different types of sex determination in animals

3. 3. Sex determination in plants

The mode of a sex determination in plants

The complex nature of the genome, transposable elements and detailed study of the gene

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1. 1. The human genome

The nature of human genome, size and it's cimplexity

2. 2. Transposable elements

What are transposable elements and their function

3. 3. Junk DNA

Why the huge human genome was earlier termed as the junk DNA and how this misnomer has been solved now

Homologous recombination and site specific recombination

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1. 1. DNA Recombination

What is dna recombination and it's cause

2. 2. The process of recombination

Detailed study of the recombination process

3. 3. Outcomes of Recombination

The advantages and disadvantages of Recombination

The genetic code, it's degenerate nature and it's uses

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1. 1. The laws of genetic code

The various laws that govern the genetic code

2. 2. Wobble hypothesis

The function of wobble hypothesis and what exactly it is

3. 3. Codons

What are codons and it's function

Mutagen, types of mutagen, types of mutation

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1. 1. Mutation and it's cause

What is mutation and what are it's probable cause

2. 2. Types of mutation

The various kinds of mutation and it's outcome

3. 3. Mutagen

What is a mutagen, it's classification and types

4. 4. Outcome of mutation

What are the various outcomes of mutations

The in-depth study of the replication of DNA nd it's semi conservative nature

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1. 1. Semi conservative nature

Experiments that prove it's semi conservative nature

2. 2. Replication machinery and it's function
3. 3. Replication

The process involved in DNA replication

To test the understanding of the lectures

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1. 1. Quiz 1

Test the understanding of topics taught in lectures 1-5

2. 2. Quiz 2

Test the understanding of topics taught in lectures 6-10