Title of the Study Program
Title of the Module
Faculty, Department
Biology
Genetics and Basics of Biotechnology
Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of
Biology
Instructor
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juozas Proscevičius
Address
Studentu 39, Vilnius LT-08106, room 202, tel.: +370 5
2751813
(office),
+37065267486
(private),
juozas.proscevicius@gmail.com
Language of Instruction
English
Required Prerequisites
None
Suggested Academic Cycle Bachelor degree studies (4th year of studies)
or Year of Studies
Semester
Autumn
ECTS Credits
6
Contact Hours per Week
4
Compulsory/ Elective
Compulsory
Methods of Teaching
Lectures, laboratory works and individual consultations
Form of Assessment
Individual research work (30%), 2 tests (10% + 10 %),
final examination (50 %)
Course Description
As a common biological discipline General Genetics deals with such qualities of live
organisms as heredity and variability, which occur during their reproduction, and mechanisms
of realization inherited information during ontogenesis. Organisation, maintenance,
reproduction and transmission of genetic information are studied at molecular, cytological,
individual organism and population levels. The parts of the course focusing on genetic
processes at molecular level analyse systems of transmission of environment signals in the cell,
which participate in regulation of genes activity and determine adaptation of organism to
changes in the environment. The course deals with mechanisms of mutation and
recombination, genetic aspects of evolution process and applying of genetic lows to plant and
animal breeding and biotechnology.
Readings
1. Lewin B. 2000. Genes. VII edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York,
Tokyo.
2. Rieger R., Michaelis A., Green M. Glossary of Genetics, Classical and molecular. 5th
edition. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 1991.
3. Snustad D. P., Simmons M. J. 2003. Principles of genetics. John Wiley & Sons, New
York.
4. http://vector.cshl.org/dnaftb/
5. http://www.accessexcellence.org/
6. http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/
7. http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/human/