KURSUS INI BERTUJUAN UNTUK MEMPERKENALKAN PRINSIP ASAS GENETIK YANG KINI MENJADI BIDANG PENTING DALAM KEFAHAMAN BERBAGAI ASPEK BIOLOGI. KURSUS INI DIMULAI DENGAN PERBINCANGAN MENGENAI KONSEP ASAS GENETIK DARIPADA CORAK PEWARISAN MENGIKUT HUKUM MENDEL HINGGA CORAK PEWARISAN YANG TIDAK MENGIKUT HUKUM MENDEL. TAJUK-TAJUK YANG AKAN DIBINCANG JUGA TERMASUK UNTAIAN JANTINA, PEWARISAN SITOPLASMA DAN IBU, PEMETAAN SERTA PENENTUAN TERTIB GEN, MUTASI, JENIS MUTAN DAN KEGUNAANNYA DALAM BERBAGAI BIDANG DAN TINDAKAN GEN SERTA INTERAKSINYA. GENETIK POPULASI YANG MEMBINCANGKAN CIRI TRANSMISI GEN MELALUI MASA DAN RUANG AKAN DISENTUH. STRUKTUR DAN FUNGSI DNA DAN RNA SEBAGAI BAHAN GENETIK JUGA AKAN DIBENTANGKAN. INI TERMASUKLAH STRUKTUR ORGANISASI KROMOSOM, REPLISOM DAN REPLIKASI DNA, PENGEKSPRESAN GEN DAN PENGAWALATURANNYA DAN PEMPROSESAN RNA DALAM EUKARIOT. PERBINCANGAN MENARIK MENGENAI PENGAWALATURAN GEN PROKARIOT JUGA AKAN DILAKUKAN. KURSUS INI JUGA MERANGKUMI KONSEP ASAS KEJURUTERAAN GENETIK DAN TEKNOLOGI DNA REKOMBINAN SERTA BEBERAPA KEGUNAANNYA DALAM BIDANG INDUSTRI, PERUBATAN DAN PERTANIAN. ISU ETIKA DAN MORAL YANG BERSANGKUTAN DENGAN GENETIK MODEN JUGA AKAN DISENTUH..

THE AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS WHICH HAS EMERGED TO BE AN IMPORTANT FIELD IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY. THIS COURSE BEGINS WITH DISCUSSIONS ON THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF GENETICS FROM INHERITANCE PATTERN ACCORDING TO MENDEL'S LAW AS WELL AS NON-MENDELIAN INHERITANCE. TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED ALSO INCLUDE SEX LINKAGE, CYTOPLASMIC AND MATERNAL INHERITANCE, MAPPING AND GENE ORDER DETERMINATION, MUTATION, TYPES OF MUTANTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS AND GENE ACTION AND ITS INTERACTION. POPULATION GENETICS DEALING WITH GENE TRANSMISSION THROUGH SPACE AND TIME WILL BE COVERED. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF DNA AND RNA AS GENETIC MATERIALS WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED. THIS INCLUDE CHROMOSOME ORGANISATION, REPLISOME AND DNA REPLICATION, GENE EXPRESSION AND ITS REGULATION AND RNA PROCESSING IN EUCARYOTES. INTERESTING DISCUSSION REGARDING GENE REGULATION IN PROCARYOTES WILL ALSO BE DONE. THIS COURSE WILL ALSO COVER THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY, MEDICINE AND AGRICULTURE. RELATED ETHICAL AND MORAL ISSUES CONCERNING MODERN GENETICS WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED. AT THE END OF THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND BASIC CONCEPTS AND FUNDAMENTALS IN GENETICS INCLUDING MENDELIAN LAWS, MOLECULAR AND POPULATION GENETICS AND THE RECENT ADVANCES IN GENETIC TECHNOLOGY.