| Department of Agricultural Sciences | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | written examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures and experimental exercises (1 course module per week) | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | E4, fall | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 045122 Genetics 120611 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 | |||||||||||||||
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