GENETICS (2 CREDITS)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: LO1 – Understand genetic concepts, encompassing gene structure, genotype, phenotype, and the various external and internal factors that impact gene expression; LO2 – Explain mechanisms of trait inheritance, including understanding inheritance patterns, changes in genetic material, and their effects on trait inheritance and genetic equilibrium within populations; LO3 – discuss Mendel’s principles of inheritance, pedigree analysis, modifications to Mendelian principles, mechanisms of sex determination, and the concept of gene linkage; LO4 – Use the structure and function of genes, elucidating their role in cellular processes and how they encode genetic information to influence an organism’s phenotype.; LO5 – Explore the underlying of population genetics, including understanding changes in genetic frequency resulting from natural selection, migration, mutation, and other factors influencing genetic equilibrium wit.

Topics:

1. Mendel’s Principle of Heredity;
2. Extensions to Mendel’s Law;
3. Chromosome;
4. Inheritance;
5. Sex Chromosome;
6. Linkage, Recombination;
7. Recombination;
8. DNA Structure,
9. Replication, and Recombination;
10. Mutation;
11. Gene Expression;
12. Eukaryotic Chromosomes;
13. Gene Regulation;
14. Epigenetics;
15. Developmental Genetics;
16. Variation;
17. Selections in Population.