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COURSE PLAN
Department : Biotechnology Course Name & code : Biology for
engineers (3 Credits) Semester & branch : I and II sem Name of
the faculty :
No of contact hours/week : 3hrs
ASSESSMENT PLAN:
1. In Semester Assessments - 50 %
Written tests : Two tests of 15 marks each (Max Marks: 30)
Surprise quizzes : Five quizzes of 4 marks each (Max Marks: 20)
2. End Semester Examination - 50%
Written examination of 3 hours duration (Max. Marks: 50 )
Assignment portion
Assignment no. Topics
1 L1-L5
2 L6-L10
3 L11-L18
4 L19-26
5 L27-34
Test portion
Test no. Topics
1 CHEMISTRY OF LIFE, INHERITENCE IN LIFE
2 MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITENCE, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY &
EVOLUTION & FEW CASE STUDIES
TAUGHT IN THE COURSE
MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Manipal University, Manipal
Manipal Karnataka 576 104
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Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, the student should be able to know:
The basic elements in biological systems and their bonding
ability
The major types of macromolecules in biological systems and
their general structures and functions
The role of enzymes & general law of thermodynamics in
biological systems
Mendels rules for inheritance, chromosomal theory of inheritance
and relationship of Mendelian inheritance to meiosis.
DNA as hereditary material, its replication & protein
synthesis
The variation in Central Dogma for eukaryotes, prokaryotes &
Viruses
How to interpret biological concepts to engineering
discipline
How to Comprehend biological systems and surroundings
Course Plan
L/T Sl No. Topics
L0 Introducing the topic L1 Introduction to biology for
engineers.
Elements of Life, Explaining about the important elements any
organism is made up of C, O, N, H, P, S. Electronegativity of the
element, Importance of carbon.
L2 Different types of bonds, Some examples of different types of
bonding in the biological systems
L3 Water & phospholipid their importance in existence of
life
L4 Carbohydrates, ATP
L5 Proteins and their structures.
L6 Enzymes and how enzymes functions with one typical
example.
L7 Bioenergetics, glycolysis pathway.
L8 Regulation in biochemical pathways, structure of DNA &
RNA, effect of
pH
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L9 Mendelian concept of inheritance, Mendels
experiments/Mendelian genetics. Monohybrid cross. Law of
segregation.
L 10 Terminologies Back cross and test cross, Dihybrid cross,
Law of independent assortment.
L11 Chromosomes and cell division
L12 Chromosomal theory of inheritance, Morgans experiment,
X-linked inheritance, crossing over.
L 13 Genetic Disorder: autosomal dominant and recessive
traits.
L 14 Discovery of DNA - Griffith transformation experiment,
Hershey chase experiment, structure of DNA.
L 15 DNA replication, Meselson and Stahl experiment. Mechanism
of replication -proof reading and editing.
L16 Mutations-addition, deletion, insertions.
L 17 RNA synthesis (Transcription), process of transcription-
initiation, elongation, termination.
L18 Post transcriptional modification (RNA processing).
L19 General characteristics of genetic code or triplet.
Translation- initiation, elongation and termination.
L 20 Origin of Life
L 21 Principles of Biology, Biological Hierarchies.
L 22 Form and Function, Modularity and incremental change
L23 Symbiosis, coevolution, communal benefit, commensalism,
parasitism
L 24 Biological control systems
L25 Bioinspiration and biomemetics
Case Studies
L 26 Vaccination
L27 Drug resistance
L 28 Natures number
L29 Prions, Alzheimer Disease
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L 30 Ascent of sap-plant water relations
L31 Concept of cloning and transgenic plants, GMOs
L32 Photosynthesis
L33 Sickle cell anaemia, Huntington disease
L 34 Transposons and jumping genes
L35-L36 Summarizing the course
Reference Books:
Campbell-BiologyJ.B. Reece, L.A. Urry, M.L. Cain, S.A.
Wasserman, P.V. Minorsky, R.B. Jackson, Benjamin Cummings. 9th
Edition (2011), Pearson Global edition. Biology for Engineers By
Arthur T Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Publisher: CRC Press (2010) Lehninger-Principles of Biochemistry
fifth edition (2008), David L Nelson & Michael M Cox. W.H.
Freeman and Company, New York. Submitted by: (Signature of the
faculty) Date: Approved by: (Signature of HOD) Date:
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