Description
BIO 433 Explorations in Genomics Three credit hours
This is a research based course in Genomics. The students will learn to annotate genomic sequences in two steps. In the first step, structural
annotation, genomic elements are identified. This includes defining genes, boundaries, gene elements like coding regions, gene structure, regulatory motifs, ORFs, exons, introns, promoters etc, characterization of putative protein products and other features in primary genomic sequence. The second step, functional annotation, applies biological information to genomic elements. It includes regulation, expression, assigning biochemical and biological function to the gene. Prerequisites:BIO 336, CSC 336 or Departmental approval. Lectures: three hours a week. Cross-listed as CSC 433.