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IMPORTANT DATES
Final exam: TBA
Midterm exam: February 16, 2017, 11:30 till 1:30, NCB 117
Marking scheme
Final exam: 55%
Midterm exam: 35%
Assignments: 10%
Course Outline
This course has no assigned textbook. Required reading material will be available
online.
The lecture will cover a broad range of topics on plant and organelle genetics:
(1) Introduction
(2) Genome structures (nuclear versus organelle)
(3) Replication and transcription of organelle genomes
(4) Organelle division
(5) Organelle inheritance
(6) Plant genetics and development (DNA transfer, Transformation strategies,
Forward versus reverse genetic approaches, Analysis and use of transgenic
plants)
(7) Autocatalytic introns
(8) RNA editing
(9) Protein import into organelles
If you are unable to meet a course requirement due to illness or other serious
circumstances, you must provide valid medical or other supporting documentation to
the Dean's office as soon as possible and contact your instructor immediately. It is the
student's responsibility to make alternative arrangements with their instructor once the
accommodation has been approved and the instructor has been informed. In the event
of a missed final exam, a "Special Examination" form must be obtained from the Dean's
Office immediately.
For further information please see check the appropriate website:
http://www.uwo.ca/arts/counselling/procedures/examinations.html
A student requiring academic accommodation due to illness, should use the Student
Medical Certificate when visiting an off-campus medical facility or request a Records
Release Form (located in the Dean's Office) for visits to Student Health Services.
The form and information can be found here:
http://www.uwo.ca/arts/counselling/procedures/medical_accomodation.html