BIOL 310 - Genetics

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4NS, QFR

The study of heredity has evolved into a discipline whose limits are continually expanded by innovative molecular technologies. This course explores the experimental basis for our current understanding of the structures, functions and inheritance of genes. The applications of molecular genetic approaches to address a variety of eukaryotic and prokaryotic biological processes with illustrative material from viruses, bacteria, animals, and humans is presented. The laboratory part of the course provides an experimental introduction to classical and modern genetic analysis
Enrollment Limit: 16
Instructor: M. Peters
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: BIOL 102, or 200, and BIOL 213.