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This course is designed to help students to develop basic knowledge and skills in cell and molecular biology and become aware of the complexity and harmony of the cell; apply this knowledge in agricultural production and innovation. Some of the topics to be covered include; The chemical basis of life, properties of cells, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, viruses, biological molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, techniques used in cell and molecular biology, enzymes, metabolism, mitochondrion structure and function, chloroplast structure and function; plasma membrane composition, structure, and function, The movement of substances across cell membranes, The endomembrane system, The extracellular matrix, The DNA structure and function, Genes and chromosomes, DNA replication, transcription, translation, cytoskeleton and cell motility, cellular reproduction, cell signaling, and cancer