THE CENTURY OF THE GENE: HISTORY OF GENETICS AND EUGENICS

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

A survey of the history of genetics from Mendel to the Human Genome Project, and of the history of efforts to improve human heredity (eugenics), from Galton to “GATTACA.” Some topics include experimental breeding; agriculture; the mutation theory; Lysenkoism; molecular biology; the genetic code; genetic engineering; biotech; patenting; and personal genomics.