| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| Genetics | ZFD202 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 2 | Spring | 3 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Gülsüm Ebru ÖZER UYAR
Research Assistant Alptekin Mert YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explains the cell cycle and its regulation.
2) Defines Mendelian rules, correlation of Mendelian rules with chromosomes, probability rules in genetics and statistical analysis, pedigree trees.
3) Explains gender-related inheritance, sexlimited inheritance and sex-effect inheritance.
4) Defines mitotic recombination and sister chromatid changes, linkage analysis in haploid organisms, somatic cell hybridization, and chromosome mapping.
5) Explains population genetics, population and gene pools, allele frequency and calculation, Hardy-Weinberg law and its application.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||||
| 1 | No relation | Middle | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | Middle | Middle | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | |
| 3 | High | High | High | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | High | |
| 4 | High | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | High | High | Low | High | Middle | Middle | |
| 5 | High | High | Middle | High | Middle | Middle | High | High | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
This course covers below topics; Introduction to genetics and basic genetic concepts (phenotype, genotype, chromosome, gene and allel concepts, chromosomes, karyotype) Mendelian genetics and inheritance pathways Monohybrid, dihybrid and trihybrid inheritance, Cell Division (mitosis, meiosis) Extensions of Mendelian inheritance, incomplete dominance, codominance, inheritance of multiple alleles and blood groups, lethal genes, epistasis, linkage and mapping, extranuclear inheritance, sexual chromosomes, sex-linked inheritance, chromosome mutations quantitative inheritance, population genetics.
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
60% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required