أ.1 |
The student acquires the skill of laboratory techniques and methods of scientific research. |
أ.2 |
Understanding genetic impact contributions to physical cloning, cancer and ageing |
أ.3 |
Interpretation and design of experiments examining genetic inheritance cases that identify genetic pathways |
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures
· Laboratory activities
· • Data collection
Methods of assessments
evaluation number
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Evaluation methods
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Evaluation period
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percentage
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evaluation date(the week)
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comments
|
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First evaluation
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midterm exam
|
2 hours
|
20 |
20% |
|
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Second evaluation
|
Scientific reports and presentations
|
|
40 |
40% |
Semester length
|
|
|
Final evaluation
|
final exam
|
3hours
|
40 |
40% |
Following the fourteenth week |
|
|
the total
|
100 degree
|
100% |
|
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1. المراجع(References)
References address
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publisher
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Release
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Author
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located
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Course notes
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Springer Publishers |
2 th edition |
Jeanteur et al. (2008) |
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Prescribed textbooks
|
John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
2th edition |
Lizabeth A. Alison. (2012) |
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Help books
|
. Garland Science |
3th edition |
Bruce Alberts et al. (2010) |
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1. محتوى المقرر (Course contents)
اweek |
1 |
number of hours
|
lecture
|
Lab
|
|
1-2 |
14 |
Intro to histones, chromatin packing, transcription factors and gene expression. |
24 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
DNA methylation, histone modifications, and epigenetic regulators. |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
The epigenetic code for gene silencing. |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
The epigenetic code for gene activation and long-distance regulation |
5 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
Imprinting & X-inactivation. |
5 |
2 |
3 |
الامتحان النصفي |
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8 |
7 |
Transgenerational effects, twins, and development as epigenetic processes. |
5 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins and RNA-mediated heterochromatin formation |
5 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
Development revisited: reprogramming in primordial germ cells (PGCs) |
5 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
7 |
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and Ageing |
5 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
7 |
Cancer epigenetics |
5 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
Oral presentations and paper discussion |
5 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
7 |
Neuroepigenetics |
5 |
3 |
2 |
الامتحان النهائي |