Genetics

Catalog description

This lecture-based course, designed for allied health and biotechnology science students, as well as those seeking a degree in Biological Sciences, introduces basic principles of heredity and mechanisms of molecular genetics. Primary topics include the nature of genetic material; patterns of inheritance; transcriptional and translational regulation of gene expressions; genetic variation and how different types of mutation may affect gene function and expression; and evolution genetics, with the emphasis on processes that affect phenotype and genotype frequency in a population. Additional topics include gene therapy and reviewing methods used to analyze gene structure, expression, and function. Also, the course discusses and critiques scientific issues relating to biological ethics in genetics.