1. Second Year Exam Revision Medical Genetics
Liliane Eleid 3rd Year Medical Genetics

2. SBS009- Human Molecular biology
MCQs -> some are posted online by Hurd and from past exam papers
Short Answer Questions
Diagrams-> know well especially replication fork and secretory pathway
Essay
Common mistakes are use of transcription instead of translation and getting confused with machinery
Try to use outside reading
Make sure its well structured
Make sure youre not vague

3. SBS633- Evolutionary Genetics
MCQs
Short answer questions
Questions about design of experiments from field trip
No diagrams
Definitions
Essays
About the snails-> learn all about the snails
Polymorphism
Like extra reading
Don’t be vague-> expand
Use diagrams

4. SBS118-Cell biology and Developmental biology
MCQs -> very easy based on past papers
Short answer questions
Very easy
Definitions
And naming 3 things e.g. 3 RTKs
Functions of specific genes
Essays:
RTKs
Signalling pathways
Neuronal development

5. SBC222- Comparative and Integrative physiology
MCQs -> help to practice past paers
Short answer questions:
For Elphick read his papers and around the subject
Diagrams
Essays :
neuropeptides
Split in two equally for each lecturer
Gas transport and circulatory systems
Use diagrams

6. Basic immunology MCQs-> easy SAQs Essay:
Diagrams -> love them -> there is a really gd book for those -> Kuby’s
The diagram of cell lineages
Essay:
Structure
Don’t leave anything out
Be clear
The process with infection, inflammation….

7. BIO227-Medical Genetics MCQs: SAQs: Essays:
From outside reading-> will surprise u
Past papers
SAQs:
Really easy
Like fill in the blank
Do past papers
Essays:
Make sure ur answering the question and ur not vague
Try to include outside reading
There are usually hints to what will come up

8. Research methods and communications
MCQs-R based and R errors
SAQs :
Write up the results and abstract similar to writeup
Conditional probability -> don’t just memorize example
Know how to design an experiment
No essay
Know ur tests and when they should be done

9. Transmission genetics
MCQs
Curran puts them online and uses the same ones
Really easy
SAQs;
Really easy for both
Split into two sections based on lecturer
Hurd loves epigenetics and holliday junctions-> m/b draw
Diagrams of transcription machinery
Essays :
Plan well -> helps with structure
Paradigms for curran and transcription/translation for Hurd
Don’t make silly mistakes
Diagrams

10. Good luck with your exams!
Questions?
80% of the exam will be based on the one lecture u missed and the one book you didn’t read ! Just kidding ! It’s all in there !
Good luck with your exams!