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Herbicide Resistance: Mechanisms, Inheritance, and Molecular Genetics

This lesson will detail the biochemical mechanisms and genetics of herbicide resistance in weeds. Herbicide resistance is one of the major issues in weed science today; therefore, it is important to h

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Basic Techniques of Plant Tissue Cultures (Advanced Level)

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Descripción de la Ingeniería Genética (Beginner Level)

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DNA and DNA Extraction (Beginner Level)

This lesson discusses what DNA is and how it relates to genes and chromosomes. How and why DNA is extracted in the genetic engineering process is also covered.

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Embryogenesis (Advanced Level)

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European Corn Borer and Bacillus thuringiensis (Beginner Level)

This lesson contains information about the history, life cycle, and host plants of the European corn borer and information relating to the history and biology of Bacillus thuringiensis.

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Gene Cloning (Beginner Level)

This lesson covers the utilization of gene cloning to isolate and copy a specific gene of interest. The transformation of bacteria with plasmids containing antibiotic resistance genes to make gene libraries and the selection of bacteria colonies that contain the specific gene of interest are described.

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Gene Design 1 - Gene Regions (Beginner Level)

This lesson describes the three gene regions and their roles in gene expression. It also discusses how the regions of a gene can be altered to obtain desired trait expression.

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Gene Design 2 - Gene Constructs (Beginner Level)

This lesson builds upon the gene region lesson discussing the gene construct of currently used hybrids and explaining how these combinations result in a particular gene expression.

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Overview of Plant Genetic Engineering (Beginner Level)

Lesson one is a general description of the overall process of genetic engineering. A basic explanation of the five steps for genetically engineering a crop is provided. Details for each step are given in later lessons of this course. The five steps are:

  1. Locating an organism with a specific trait and extracting its DNA
  2. Cloning a gene that controls the trait
  3. Designing a gene to express in a specific way
  4. Transformation, inserting the gene into the cells of a crop plant
  5. Plant breeding to get the transgene into an elite background

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The New Bts

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Theories Behind Plant Tissue Culture (Advanced Level)

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Transformation 1 - Plant Tissue Culture (Beginner Level)

This lesson explains the technique of tissue culture as used in plant transformation. It discusses important issues, such as the use of selectable markers, genotype specificity, and tissue culture alternatives.

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Transformation 2 - Transformation Methods (Beginner Level)

This lesson explains the procedure of introducing a new gene into a plant cell (transformation). It discusses the main goals of the transformation process and describes the four main methods of transformation.

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Transformation 3 - Transformation Events (Beginner Level)

This lesson defines an 'event'. It explains the determining factors specific to an event, the qualities of a desirable event, and the identification and selection of desirable events.

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