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

Important dates

Course Commencement Date

Start Date : 06 Jan, 2025

End Date : 30 Apr, 2025

Enrollment Date

End Date : 28 Feb, 2025

Certificate Exam Date

Start Date : 18 May, 2025

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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