MMED 5402 Methods in Forensic Molecular Biology

4 SCH. An intensive laboratory course designed to give students experience and expertise in the basic molecular biology techniques currently utilized in forensic DNA analysis. Techniques will include multiple methods of extraction of nucleic acids from various sources; DNA quantitation methods; design and process of PCR amplification; agarose gel electrophoresis; capillary electrophoresis theory and methods; analysis of microsattelite DNA; mitochondrial DNA sequencing and analysis; single nucleotide polymorphism analysis methods.
Prerequisite: Course is limited to FGEN majors.
Offered Summer
Letter Grade