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BIOL 400 - Model Organisms

Credits: 4

This course provides information on the simplest and most accessible systems in which the fundamental problems in biology are easily solved. The most important model organisms to study include, Escherichia coli and its phage, the T-phage and phage λ; baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae; the mustard-like weed, Arabidopsis thaliana; the nematode Caenorbabditis elegans; the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster; and the house mouse Mus musculus. The course will consider the principal features and advantages of each model system and the kind of experimental tools that are available for studying each organism, and some of the biological problems that have been studied in each case.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2310C , BIOL 302 , or permission of the instructor.
Lab included.Lab fee: $125.00.
Offered: Spring.


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