Introduction to Genetics

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Focuses on one of the core concepts of biology; the flow, exchange, and storage of hereditary information. Topics will include principles of classical and molecular genetics, including transmission, arrangement, and alteration of genetic information; structure, function, and regulation of the genetic material; biological variation resulting from recombination, mutation, and population genetics; applications to human heredity. Two 80-minute lectures and one 3-hour lab per week.