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| BIY5140 | Cytotaxonomy | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Introduce chromosomal features and chromosome behaver in terms of taxonomic criterion. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand origin of chromosomes and used in taxonomy | 1,2 | 1,5 | | PO - 2 : | describe the chromosome morphology | 1,2,4,5 | 1,4 | | PO - 3 : | interpret chromosome behaviour in meiosis | 1,2,3,4,5 | 4,5 | | PO - 4 : | understand abnormalities of meiosis and mitosis | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,4,5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Orijin and importance of chromosome. Structure, size and number of chromosome. Techniques for staining and fixation of chromosomes. Karyotype studies and taxonomical hierarchy. Chromosome behaviours and their taxonomical importance. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Orijin and importance of chromosome | | | Week 2 | Structure of chromosome | | | Week 3 | Number of chromosome | | | Week 4 | Size of chromosome | | | Week 5 | Techniques for fixation of chromosomes. | | | Week 6 | Techniques for staining of chromosomes. | | | Week 7 | Karyotype studies | | | Week 8 | Karyotype studies and taxonomical hierarchy | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Karyotype studies and taxonomical hierarchy | | | Week 11 | Chromosome behaviours | | | Week 12 | Seminar | | | Week 13 | Seminar | | | Week 14 | Taxonomical importance of chromosome behaviours | | | Week 15 | Taxonomical importance of chromosome behaviours | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Darlington, C.D., La Cour, L.F. 1962; The Handling of Chromosomes, A Halsted Press Book, New York
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| 1 | Stace, C.A. 1980; Plant taxonomy and Biosystematics, Edward Arnold Ltd., London | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 03/11/2016 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 12/12/2016 | 0,7 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 6 | 25/10/2016 | 20 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/01/2017 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 18 | 2 | 36 | | Arasınav | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 25 | 3 | 75 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 16 | 3 | 48 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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