Human Genetics

Catalog description

This course explores human genetics, covering various topics, including Mendelian and complex diseases, chromosomal abnormalities, heritability, genetic variations, and methods for investigating disease associations. Additional focus areas include population, quantitative, developmental genetics, genetics in cancer and neurodegenerative disease, and epigenetics. Students who register for BIO 427 must also register for a BIO 427 laboratory. For example, if you register for BIO 427 you must, at the same time, register for a section of BIO 427L .