Genetics
General
Prefix
BIOL
Course Number
262
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Transmission, molecular, and population genetics with an emphasis on their application to human disease, agriculture, and evolution. Lab.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
4
Max
4
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Explain how genes are passed from parent to offspring.
Outcome
Predict the probability of specific outcomes occurring, given a specific genetic cross.
Outcome
Describe the structure and organization of genes and chromosomes.
Outcome
Explain how DNA, RNA, and proteins produce traits in organisms.
Outcome
Differentiate between several mechanism by which cells and organisms regulate gene expression in response to environmental and physiologic changes.
Outcome
Analyze data resulting from given genetic crosses (pedigrees and specific crosses) and propose one or more genetic mechanisms that could produce that outcome.
Outcome
Identify what type of genetic changes result in which type of human syndromes/conditions.
Outcome
Discuss the importance of polyploidy in plants as it pertains to agriculture.
Outcome
Propose how a specific type of change to a chromosome will affect an organism.
Outcome
Identify chemical and physical agents that mutate DNA and explain their mechanism(s) of action.
Outcome
Use a micropipettor correctly to perform basic molecular biology experiments.
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