Genetics and Genomics

 Since this is taught by the same department as Immunology the structure and style of the course is very similar, A lot of material is covered by pathology and by now you should be aware of most of the genetic diseases that you will come across in this subject. Here you should focus more on the practical reasoning of the subject as this is not taught anywhere else. How to pass For me the lectures were essential to understand to slides but many people did not turn up to any lectures and pass with no problem

The lecture attendance is supposed to be recorded but this only happened a few times and nobody I knew couldn't do the exam because they didn't go to the lectures

The slides in the seminar are coloured differently, green is essential knowledge, white is normal, yellow is "additional information that will not be asked in the exam"

The seminars must be attested and they are recordedDon't focus on the tiny details Learn to work out information from pedigree charts and vice versa Learn all the symbols in a pedigree Memorise all the common chromosomal abnormalities Be able to explain some of the most important processes in genetics like crossing over in meiosis and imprinting Different teachers will give different methods for getting bonus points, 10 points can be got during the semester that will be added to the final exam The midterm can add 40% to the final grade The midterm and final are very similar Most of the final is pre-midterm material with only a few questions from the lectures and seminars after

The exams
Similar in format to immunology 1 midterm: Mark will be added to the finalFinal:
 * 15 multiple choice questions
 * 1 karyotype
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">1 pedegree
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">3-5 open questions
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">30 multiple choice questions
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">3-5 open choice questions
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Various questions involving:
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Table filling
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Diagram identification
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Pedigree identification or drawing
 * <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">karyotype labelling

Difficulties
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Some teachers will demand more detailed answers than others e.g. when asked about where an abnormality is in a karyograph, don't just give the number also state what is wrong <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Some questions are in stem format so that if you get the first part wrong all the following questions in the same stem will be wrong too

<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">Conclusion Easy to pass, difficult to get the 5, this is also not a prerequisite for anything in the 4th year so do this last in the exam period. Even if you run out of time it can be done in August