| CODE | AGR0150 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Agricultural Biotechnology | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 00 - Mod Pre-Tert, Foundation, Proficiency & DegreePlus | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Rural Sciences and Food Systems | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives: To introduce the biology of the plant and animal cell including genetics and to be familiar with the biology of micro-organisms of agricultural importance Contents: Cell structure and function; the structure of a generalised plant and animal cell; organelles including the nucleus and nuclear envelope, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, ribosomes and cytoskelton; comparison of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; movement of molecules across membranes; diffusion, osmosis, active transport; haploidy and diploidy; the cell cycle; mitosis and meiosis. Introduction to general genetics; Mendelism; linkage, chromosomal aberration, polyploidy; the nature of genetic material, gene action, mutations; introduction to population genetics and quantitative inheritance. Genetic improvement: goals and objectives, individual or phenotypic selection; evaluation and use of lifetime records; value and use of pedigree information; progeny testing. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes; viruses; viroids; mollicutes and rickettsia-like organisms; Prokaryota (=Monera), bacteria and cyanobacteria; brief classification of monerans; Protoclista (=Protista), general features and main groups; protozoans; algae; fungalprotists and slime moulds; Protozoa, distinguishing features of ameboid and cilliate protozoans; general features of acellular and cellular slime moulds; fungi, general characteristics and outline classification; main features of zygomycetes, oomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes and deuteromycetes; Mycoplasmas; MLOs. Reading List: - Moore-Landeker, Fundamentals of the Fung; - Alberts, Essential Cell Biology; - Hawker, An Introduction to the Biology of Micro-organisms |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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