MBIO 4330 - Microbial Genetics

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 3303/BIOL 3103, MBIO 2305/MBIO 2105.
This course will introduce the students to the field of bacterial molecular genetics, focusing on the mechanisms that bacteria have developed to evolve and adapt to changing environments. The molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis and gene transfer, along with the elements involved in these processes (plasmids, phages, transposons) and their regulation will be studied. These foundation concepts are needed to apply genetic approaches to explore microbial and evolutionary higher biological systems.