BIOL 4490 - Intro Genomics/Bioinformatics

Credit Hours: (3)

Description: Survey of modern genomics and bioinformatics approaches used to gain a deeper understanding of biological systems; brief review of basic chemistry, molecular and evolutionary biology; experimental and bioinformatics methods for predicting RNA folding, generating and analyzing genome-scale DNA sequence data, and performing functional genomics analyses of gene expression, DNA methylation, and chromatin immunoprecipitation data; real-world applications of genomics and bioinformatics in medicine and agriculture. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE: BIOL 3130 and BIOL 3072, or permission of instructor.