PLBIO 6410

Laboratory in Plant Molecular Biology

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

Includes selected experiments on gene expression, biolistic transformation, confocal microscopy, laser capture microdissection, microarray analysis, genetic mapping and mutant analysis, transposon tagging, proteomics, and metabolite analysis.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: BIOMG 2800 or PLBRG 2250; BIOMG 3300 or BIOMG 3330 or BIOMG 3350 or BIOMG 3310 or equivalent.

Outcomes

• Become familiar with a set of methods for performing experiments with plant material in the laboratory and be able to follow and use experimental protocols
• Understand what information can be gained by a particular type of experimentation or data analysis as well as the limitations of the methods
• Be able to formulate testable hypotheses and select available experimental techniques or analytical methods in order to draw defensible and creative conclusions

When Offered Fall.

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