Evolving Concepts of the Gene

5 Credits.

We focus on classical papers - starting with Darwin and Mendel and working forward through the rediscovery of Mendelism, Morgan and the fly room, the foundations of population genetics, the modern synthesis, the foundations of molecular biology, the extent of variation, through to the discoveries of unanticipated and overlooked aspects of molecular biology including exons/introns, alternative splicing, and microRNAs