Basic techniques of molecular cloning. Screening of recombinant cDNA libraries, polymerase chain reaction, restriction endonucleases, gel electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, nucleic acid hybridization.

Prerequisites: MCDB 101A-B and 110; or MCDB 101A-B and MCDB 108A-B-C (MCDB 108C may be taken concurrently); or MCDB 101A-B and MCDB W 108A and MCDB 108B-C (MCDB 108C may be taken concurrently). Completion of all listed prerequisites with a grade of C or better.

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MCDB140L . 20 Years Ago

Great Professor, is pretty funny. Will take time and has patience to explain things. Can be tough, but its not an easy subject. Expect to be challenged and he will come through on his end. Great class.

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MCDB1B . A Month Ago

Dr. Smith was an okay professor. He put SO much information on the slides, but would discuss each slide only briefly. I did poorly on the first midterm because there was so much content covered and I wasn't sure what was important. Overall, Bill was a bit scatterbrained but a decent guy. I liked Dr. Mike Wilton's half of the class much more.

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MCDB1B . 2 Months Ago

A chill lecturer that was easy to follow. His tests could be a bit tricky. Read very carefully on each question and make sure you know what's going on in EACH slide, unless he says its not important during lecture. If you can do those two things you're guaranteed an A. Three quizzes each worth 30% of your grade. Class was joint with Wilton.

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MCDB1B . 6 Months Ago

His tests are literally all trivial facts hidden on his slides, which is easy for many people, but just not for me. I literally considered dropping out of bio major because I put in so much work reading the textbook and the slides and kept getting 80 on tests, just because I cant memorize all details. I had to score 100 on Wiltons part to get A-.

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MCDB1B . 10 Months Ago

reminds me of that one guy from young sheldon. tests were fair and lectures were interesting. just put in the effort and youll be fine. would take again

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MCDB1B . 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

Good enough lecturer, and definitely a super nice guy who wants his students to succeed. Exams were relatively difficult, but not unreasonable.

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