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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesKashmir University

    The Syllabus

    • History of Human Genetics 
    • Introduction to Hereditary and Inheritance
    • Human Genome
    • Structure of DNA

    • Replication of DNA
    • DNA repair and recombination
    • Gene expression
    • Coding and Non-coding regions of DNA

    • Basics of expression of Genetic information
    • Transcription
    • Translation
    • Post translational modifications

    • Relationship between genes and protein
    • RNA processing 
    • Genetic Code 
    • Decoding the codons: encoding genetic information

    • Transfer RNAs (tRNA) and its role
    • Introduction to Genomic Variation
    • Origins of Genetic Diversity
    • Genomic Polymorphisms

    • SNPs, VNTR, CNVs, and Human Genetics
    • Haplotypes and haplogroups
    • Genotype-phenotype correlations 
    • Introduction to Epigenetics

    • Common mechanisms of Epigenetics
    • Epigenetics and diseases
    • Non-coding RNAs, micro-RNAs(miRNAs) & long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)
    • Introduction to Genetic Study in Humans

    • Pedigree Analysis and Expressivity
    • Chromosomal Basis of Genetic Disorders
    • Karyotypes and identification of chromosome variation
    • Nucleic Acid Hybridization Assays

    • Cytogenetic mapping
    • Genetic mapping (Microsatellite and other DNA polymorphisms)
    • LOD score
    • Sequencing strategies (PCR based Sanger sequencing to Exome sequencing)

    • Concept of non-mendelian inheritance and complex diseases
    • Introduction to Genomic Diversity & Human Evolution
    • Human Evolution: An Overview
    • Evidence from mtDNA

    • Evidences from Y-chromosome
    • Evolutionary genetics
    • DNA sequence variation and human origins
    • Biological and cultural evolution of humans

    • Genetic Counselling
    • Assignment’s compilation
    • Examination

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