Duration
30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in biology | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The theoretical course is divided into 10 chapters. The first two chapters are devoted to the organization of genes and genomes and to their replication and expression (transcription, translation). The three next chapters concern gene transmission, recombination and interaction between genes. Chapters 6 and 7 describe the types of mutations. Chapter 8 describes genetics of phages and bacteria. Chapter 9 is devoted to organelle genetics. Chapter 10 briefly describes the technology of recombinant DNA.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Description of the basis of formal and molecular genetics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical courses: one afternoon is devoted to bacterial conjugation in Escherichia coli (interrupted conjugation) and the other one to intragenic complementation of arg- markers in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Bacterial conjugation: conjugation is made between a donor strain harboring a fertility plasmid and a recipient strain. Conjugation is interrupted at defined times. Transfer of plasmid is detected by plating bacteria on growth media supplemented with antibiotics.
Intragenic complementation: activity of the argininosuccinate lyase is measured before and after a heat shock in a wild-type haploid strain, in mutant haploid arg- strain and in a diploid strain showing intragenic complementation at the arg7 locus.
At the end of the theoretical course, one afternoon is devoted to the resolution of problems of genetics.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
En cas d'examen à distance, l'examen sera oral à distance et comprendra une partie consacrée à la résolution de problèmes et une partie consacrée à la théorie.
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus and Power Point presentations on myULG.
Book: Introduction à l'analyse génétique, Griffith et al., DeBoeck
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
For 1er session, written examination for problems of genetics and oral for theory. For 2nd session, written examination only for both problems of genetics and theory.
En cas d'examen à distance, l'examen sera oral à distance et comprendra une partie consacrée à la résolution de problèmes et une partie consacrée à la théorie.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Claire Remacle
Génétique et physiologie des microalgues, Institut de Botanique, Bât B22.
Tél 043663812, e-mail c.remacle@ulg.ac.be
Items online
myULG
theoretical course, ppt and exercices on myULG