GRE Biology (Genetics And Molecular) Pt. B

Genetic Foundations
1. Mendelian inheritance
2. Pedigree analysis
3. Prokaryotic genetics (transformation, transduction and conjugation)
4. Genetic mapping
Chromatin and chromosomes
1. Nucleosomes
2. Karyotypes
3. Chromosomal aberrations
4. Polytene chromosomes
Genome sequence organization
1. Introns and exons
2. Single-copy and repetitive DNA
3. Transposable elements
Genome maintenance
1. DNA replication
2. DNA mutation and repair
Gene expression and regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
1. The operon
2. Promoters and enhancers
3. Transcription factors
4. RNA and protein synthesis
5. Processing and modifications of both RNA and protein
Gene expression and regulation
1. Control of normal development
2. Cancer and oncogenes
3. Whole genome expression
4. Regulation of gene expression by RNAi
5. Epigenetics
Immunobiology
1. Cellular basis of immunity
2. Antibody diversity and synthesis
3. Antigen-antibody interactions
Bacteriophages, animal viruses and plant viruses
1. Viral genomes, replication, and assembly
2. Virus-host cell interactions
Recombinant DNA methodology
1. Restriction endonucleases
2. Blotting and hybridization
3. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms
4. DNA cloning, sequencing and analysis
5. Polymerase chain reaction

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