055725 Plant Genomics

Details
Department of Agricultural Sciences
Earliest Possible Year5
Duration1 semester
 
Credits6 (ECTS)
Course LevelJoint BSc and MSc
 
Examinationwritten examination


Aid allowed

Description of Examination: 13-point scale, internal examiner

Dates of Exam:
 
Organisation of TeachingLectures and experimental exercises (1 course module per week)
 
Block PlacementE4, fall
 
Teaching LanguageEnglish
may be conducted in Danish
 
Optional Prerequisites045121 
120611 Basic Statistics
Molecular genetics Basic Statistics
 
Course Objectives
The course will provide the student with a basic knowledge about the structure of important plant genomes and experience with major techniques used for their study for science and breeding. Focus is on closing the gap between important natural phenotypic traits like disease resistance, flowering time and drought tolerance and the rapidly increasing information on genome sequence.
 
Course Contents
- In vitro cultures and plant regeneration systems
- Genetic markers and their analysis
- Genetic diversity and analysis of relatedness
- Genetic linkage and linkage maps
- Map based cloning
- Quantitative traits and QTLs
- EST, SNPs and array programmes
- Plant transformation and complementation techniques
- Genomics in Brassica (Arabidopsis model)
- Genomics in cereals (Rice model)
 
Teaching And Learning Methods
Teaching will be through a combination of lectures, laboratory experiments and computer exercises. The students time will be divided approximately half between preparing and attending lectures and performing exercises in laboratory and with computers.
 
Course Litterature
Henry R.J. (ed.)(2001): Plant genotyping. The DNA Fingerprinting of Plants. CABI publishing. ISBN 0-85199-515-2.
Dordrecht, ISBN 0-7923-2714-4, 380 ppSasaki, T., More, G. (1997): Oryza: From Molecule to Plant. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, ISBN 0-7923-4455-3, 240 pp
 
Course Coordinator
Sven Bode Andersen, sba@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 35333444
 
Study Board
Study Committee AHJ
 
Course Scope
lectures30
practicals30
Excursions20
preparation96
examination4

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