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BIOL 305

GENETICS

Course Hours: 3

The basics of the science of heredity. The course encompasses Mendelian genetics, the molecular basis of inheritance, changes in chromosome number and structure, gene mapping, mutations and population genetics. Population and quantitative genetic approaches are applied to clarify the understanding of evolution.

Prerequisites: BIOL 111/111L and BIOL 112/112L; co-requisite or prerequisite: BIOL 211 and 211D.