PLSC411

Plant genetics

Prerequisite: BSCI170; and BSCI171. Or PLSC201; or permission of AGNR-Plant Science & Landscape Architecture department. An introduction to genetic principles and technologies in plants, centered on linking phenotype to genotype. Topics include Mendelian inheritance of single and complex traits, epigenetics, population genetics and plant breeding. Examples on creating and mapping genetic mutations in both model plants and non-model crops are discussed. Current genetic and genomic approaches are highlighted, such as genome engineering and reprogramming, TILLING, and genome-wide association mapping.