Seminar: Current Issues in Genetics

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This seminar will offer advanced students the opportunity to further develop skills of critically analyzing primary literature in the field of genetics and presenting those literature critiques. Genetics is at the foundation of all areas of biology. This seminar will examine both forward and reverse genetic approaches, mapping genes and creating gene knockouts to understand gene function and the implications to these broader areas of study. Students will select papers from the scientific literature for analysis and presentation in both written and oral formats. Students may be required to attend a scientific lecture off campus during the semester. Three hours of lecture per week. Carries biology major credit. Prerequisite(s): BIO 218 and permission of the instructor, BIO 320 is strongly recommended.