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DNA extraction; recombinant DNA

Know how genomic study of the Australian sheep blowfly can help researchers devise protection against this pest

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Psychiatric disorders and the stigmas associated with them

Know the investigations of researchers using genomic information to reconstruct the cause and transmission routes of the bubonic plague and the Black Death

Understand how scientists understand and treat melanoma by targeting the gene B-Raf oncogene

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DNA extraction; recombinant DNA

Know how genomic study of the Australian sheep blowfly can help researchers devise protection against this pest

Advances in psychiatric research and treatment discussed

Psychiatric disorders and the stigmas associated with them

Know the investigations of researchers using genomic information to reconstruct the cause and transmission routes of the bubonic plague and the Black Death

Understand how scientists understand and treat melanoma by targeting the gene B-Raf oncogene

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