GENETIC MAPPING

GENETICS 545

Gain practical experience in classical and molecular genetic laboratory techniques using plants, animals, and fungi. Topics include complementation and linkage analysis, gene mapping, library screening, yeast and bacterial transformation, restriction analysis, PCR, sequencing, and Southern blot analysis.

PLANTSCI 957

Current research in plant breeding and plant genetics. Explore cutting-edge research methods and findings. Develop and refine scientific presentation skills.

GENETICS 705

Provides support, processes, and tools for advancing graduate research and refining individual research topics. Adjust and refine goals of a research topic to maximize the impact of doctoral research and learn how to navigate the shifting landscape of research throughout doctoral studies. Boost emerging graduate research plans by gaining operations skills in independent knowledge acquisition and technical skills in basic computational biology. Activities include shaping a research question, identifying barriers in the research process, building a reference bibliography of relevant background literature, using databases and other electronic resources that inform research, and operating basic tools to determine gene function.

PLANTSCI 811

Understanding and application of quantitative genetic theory and other molecular and analytical tools as it relates to plant breeding.

BIOCHEM/GENETICS 631

Covers the basic concepts of genetics and genomics as applied to plants and their development, including discussions on breeding systems (modes of reproduction, sex determination, self incompatibility and crossing barriers), linkage analysis, genome structure and function (structure, function and evolution of nuclear and organellar chromosomes; haploidy and polyploidy; expression regulation and epigenetics), along with a description of current methodologies used in the analysis of these processes within the context of plant development. The objective is to instigate a broader knowledge and understanding of the principles and methodologies used in plant genetics and their applications in investigations of the molecular mechanisms that modulate plant development.