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department Human Genetics (X) |
Seminar, one hour. Discussion of and critical thinking about topics of current intellectual importance, taught by faculty members in their areas of expertise and illuminating many paths of discovery at UCLA. P/NP grading.
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Tutorial (supervised research or other scholarly work), three hours per week per unit. Entry-level research for lower division students under guidance of faculty mentor. Students must be in good academic standing and enrolled in minimum of 12 units (excluding this course). Individual contract required; consult Undergraduate Research Center. May be repeated. P/NP grading.
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(Same as Microbiology CM122.) Lecture, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 4. Emphasis on use of mouse genetic approach to studying fundamental biological questions. Topics include mouse genome and functional genomics, mutagenesis screening and cloning of disease genes, transgenesis and its application in developmental biology, stem cell biology, neurobiology, and modeling human genetic disorders. Reading materials include original papers and reviews. Concurrently scheduled with course CM222. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Computer Science CM124.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, eight hours. Preparation: one statistics course and familiarity with any programming language. Designed for undergraduate and graduate engineering students, as well as students from biological sciences and medical school. Introduction to current quantitative understanding of human genetics and computational interdisciplinary research in genetics. Topics include introduction to genetics, human population history, linkage analysis, association analysis, association study design, isolated and admixed populations, population substructure, human structural variation, model organisms, and genotyping technologies. Computational techniques include those from statistics and computer science. Concurrently scheduled with course CM224. Letter grading.
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Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: Life Sciences 4. Survey of key technologies that have led to successful application of genomics to biology, with focus on theory behind specific genome-wide technologies and their current applications. Concurrently scheduled with course C244. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Biological Chemistry CM153G, Chemistry CM153G, and Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology CM153G.) Lecture, five hours. Requisites: Chemistry 110A, 153A, 153B, 153C, 156. Chemical and physical properties of proteins and nucleic acids. Biosynthesis, structure, and function of proteins, nucleic acids, and multicomponent complexes; protein and nucleic acid enzymology and gene expression. Structure, cloning, and analysis of DNA; biosynthesis and processing of RNA; biosynthesis, purification, structure, and analysis of proteins; correlation of structure and biological properties. Short computer module to teach aspects of protein structure. Genetic, molecular genetic, genomic, and proteomic approaches in bacteria and yeast. Concurrently scheduled with course CM253. Letter grading.
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(Same as Microbiology CM156 and Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology CM156.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisites: Life Sciences 3, 4. Application of genetic principles in human populations, with emphasis on cytogenetics, biochemical genetics, population genetics, and family studies. Lectures and readings in the literature, with focus on current questions in the fields of medical and human genetics and methodologies appropriate to answer such questions. Concurrently scheduled with course CM256. Letter grading.
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(Same as Biological Chemistry CM169 and Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology CM169.) Lecture, five hours. Requisites: Chemistry 153A, 153B, 153C. Recommended: course CM153G. Fundamental principles and experimental approaches in four areas of cell biology: cell cycle regulation, signal transduction, intracellular protein transport, and structure and function of cytoskeleton, including cell-cell and cell-substrate interactions. Genetics and molecular genetics of "Drosophila" and mammals. Concurrently scheduled with course CM267A. Letter grading.
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Seminar, three hours. Limited to 20 students. Designed as adjunct to undergraduate lecture course. Exploration of topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities and led by lecture course instructor. May be applied toward honors credit for eligible students. Honors content noted on transcript. P/NP or letter grading.
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Tutorial, to be arranged. Students select instructor among eligible research faculty and carry out independent research project under instructor supervision. P/NP or letter grading.
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(Same as Biomathematics M203.) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: Mathematics 170A or equivalent experience in probability. Mathematical description of biological relationships, with particular attention to areas where conditions for deterministic models are inadequate. Examples of stochastic models from genetics, physiology, ecology, and variety of other biological and medical disciplines. S/U or letter grading.
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(Same as Biomathematics M207A and Biostatistics M272.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Mathematics 115A, 131A, Statistics 100B. Mathematical models in statistical genetics. Topics include population genetics, genetic epidemiology, gene mapping, design of genetics experiments, DNA sequence analysis, and molecular phylogeny. S/U or letter grading.
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(Same as Biomathematics M207B and Biostatistics M237.) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisites: Biostatistics 110A, 110B. Methods of computer-oriented human genetic analysis. Topics include statistical methodology underlying genetic analysis of both quantitative and qualitative complex traits. Laboratory for hands-on computer analysis of genetic data; laboratory reports required. Course complements M207A; students may take either and are encouraged to take both. S/U or letter grading.
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Seminar, two hours. Survey of current biological theory and technology used in genomic research. Topics include genomic technologies, functional genomics, proteomics, statistical genetics, bioinformatics, and ethical issues in human genetics. S/U grading.
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(Same as Biomathematics M211 and Biostatistics M239.) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisites: Biostatistics 110A, 110B, Mathematics 170A. Theoretical models in molecular evolution, with focus on phylogenetic techniques. Topics include evolutionary tree reconstruction methods, studies of viral evolution, phylogeography, and coalescent approaches. Examples from evolutionary biology and medicine. Laboratory for hands-on computer analysis of sequence data. S/U or letter grading.
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(Same as Microbiology CM222.) Lecture, two hours. Requisite: Life Sciences 4. Emphasis on use of mouse genetic approach to studying fundamental biological questions. Topics include mouse genome and functional genomics, mutagenesis screening and cloning of disease genes, transgenesis and its application in developmental biology, stem cell biology, neurobiology, and modeling human genetic disorders. Reading materials include original papers and reviews. Concurrently scheduled with course CM122. S/U or letter grading.
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(Same as Computer Science CM224.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, eight hours. Preparation: one statistics course and familiarity with any programming language. Designed for undergraduate and graduate engineering students, as well as students from biological sciences and medical school. Introduction to current quantitative understanding of human genetics and computational interdisciplinary research in genetics. Topics include introduction to genetics, human population history, linkage analysis, association analysis, association study design, isolated and admixed populations, population substructure, human structural variation, model organisms, and genotyping technologies. Computational techniques include those from statistics and computer science. Concurrently scheduled with course CM124. Letter grading.
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(Same as Computer Science M229S.) Seminar, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Designed for graduate engineering students, as well as students from biological sciences and medical school. Introduction to current topics in bioinformatics, genomics, and computational genetics and preparation for computational interdisciplinary research in genetics and genomics. Topics include genome analysis, regulatory genomics, association analysis, association study design, isolated and admixed populations, population substructure, human structural variation, model organisms, and genomic technologies. Computational techniques include those from statistics and computer science. May be repeated for credit with topic change. Letter grading.
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Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses CM253, CM267A. Advanced topics in human genetics related to Mendelian disease, molecular genetics, and relevant technologies. Topics include cytogenetics, genomics, proteomics, positional cloning, bioinformatics, gene therapy, and developmental genetics. Reading materials include original research papers and reviews. Letter grading.
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Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses 236A, CM253, CM267A. Advanced topics in human genetics related to complex genetic traits and common diseases, with emphasis on biostatistics and mathematical modeling. Reading materials include original research papers and reviews. S/U or letter grading.
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Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: Life Sciences 4. Survey of key technologies that have led to successful application of genomics to biology, with focus on theory behind specific genome-wide technologies and their current applications. Concurrently scheduled with course C144. S/U or letter grading.
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(Same as Bioinformatics M252 and Chemistry M252.) Seminar, one hour; discussion, one hour. Designed for advanced graduate students. Examination of computational methodology in bioinformatics and computational biology through presentation of current research literature. How to select and apply methods from computational and mathematical disciplines to problems in bioinformatics and computational biology; development of novel methodologies. S/U or letter grading.
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(Same as Biological Chemistry CM253, Chemistry CM253, and Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology CM253.) Lecture, five hours. Requisites: Chemistry 110A, 153A, 153B, 153C, 156. Chemical and physical properties of proteins and nucleic acids. Biosynthesis, structure, and function of proteins, nucleic acids, and multicomponent complexes; protein and nucleic acid enzymology and gene expression. Structure, cloning, and analysis of DNA; biosynthesis and processing of RNA; biosynthesis, purification, structure, and analysis of proteins; correlation of structure and biological properties. Short computer module to teach aspects of protein structure. Genetic, molecular genetic, genomic, and proteomic approaches in bacteria and yeast. Concurrently scheduled with course CM153G. Letter grading.
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