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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Chemistry |
| Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary:
| EX 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take CH20149 OR take CH20150
In taking this module you cannot take CH30230 |
| Description:
| Aims: The aim of this unit is to show the impact DNA research has had and may have on modern society. Learning Outcomes: On completing this unit, students should be able to: write out and critically evaluate the sequence of reactions for the synthesis of a short section of single stranded DNA; design primers for a polymerase chain reaction; critically evaluate the mechanism for the polymerase chain reaction; list the causes of DNA degradation; critically evaluate the procedure for obtaining a sample of DNA from an ancient source; interpret both modern and 'historical' DNA fingerprints; critically evaluate the strategy for obtaining a modern DNA fingerprint; explain how DNA can be used to store information and compute, and highlight DNA's current limitations in these fields; explain how a DNA machine works; give an example of a DNA machine that has not been covered in lectures, and explain how that particular machine works; detail a process for creating structures from DNA. Skills: xx Content: Chemical synthesis of DNA; the polymerase chain reaction; ancient DNA and its implications for human evolution; modern and 'historical' DNA fingerprinting; storing information in DNA; DNA computers; artificial structures ('DNA origami') and machines derived from DNA. |
| Programme availability: |
CH40230 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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