BIOL 371 - Microbial Genetics

(3 units)

Prerequisite: BIOL 311 or MICR 211 with a grade of “C” or better.
Genetic analysis of biological processes in microbes. Includes gene structure, regulation, and function; isolation/analysis of mutations in haploid/diploid organisms; gene function from mutants; genetic exchange; regulation of host-pathogen interactions; bacteriophages; cloned genes; and genomics.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.) Not open for credit to students with credit in MICR 371.