BIO732 Assignment 1 Solution and Discussion

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BIO732 – GENE MANIPULATION AND GENETIC ENGINEERING
Assignment No. 1
Spring 2020
Due Date: May 26, 2020
Instructions
The assignment is of 20 marks in total.
• You are suggested to read the recommended review paper and make a brief summary in
your own words.
• Read the entire article thoroughly and highlight or underline the major points.
• Write down any significant facts or interesting details in your own words.
• Do not simply “rephrase” exact statements by swapping a few words around.
• Instead, completely rewrite the information.
• Summarize the main point of each section in a single sentence.
• Then combine the main points of each section to prepare a nice summary of the
• article.
• Cheating/copying from any source will result in “F” grade in the course.
• No assignment will be accepted after the due date.
• DO NOT send the assignment thorough email. Assignments submitted through
• email will result in ZERO marks.
• If you have any question please contact: bio732@vu.edu.pk
Article:
Fabian M. Arnold, Michael Hohl, Sille Remm, Hendrik Koliwer-Brandl, Sophia Adenau, Sasitorn Chusri, Peter Sander, Hubert Hilbi, and Markus A. Seeger. 2018. A uniform cloning platform for mycobacterial genetics and protein production. Scientific reports, 8: 9539.
(Paper is easily accessible through the link: and is also available in the downloads section of course website on LMS)
Note:
• Students should read this article and prepare one page summary in MS word file and
upload on your LMS well before deadline May 26, 2020.
Outcomes:
This assignment will help you to develop research papers reading habit and enable you to
comprehend and analyze the scientific texts.