GENERAL GENETICS 2

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GENETICS 467 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the molecular mechanisms that contribute to expression regulation in bacteria and eukaryotes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply the tools of forward genetics, reverse genetics and mosaic analysis to investigate the regulatory networks that control growth, development and responses to the environment. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the genetic and molecular basis of immunity. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss the molecular mechanisms that contribute to somatic mutations and the progression to cancer. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Calculate genetic parameters in populations using the tools of population genetics. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze the inheritance of complex traits using quantitative genetic analyses. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Apply the methods of evolutionary genetics to predict how genes and genomes evolve in the long-term. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the molecular mechanisms that contribute to expression regulation in bacteria and eukaryotes. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply the tools of forward genetics, reverse genetics and mosaic analysis to investigate the regulatory networks that control growth, development and responses to the environment. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the genetic and molecular basis of immunity. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss the molecular mechanisms that contribute to somatic mutations and the progression to cancer. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Calculate genetic parameters in populations using the tools of population genetics. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze the inheritance of complex traits using quantitative genetic analyses. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Apply the methods of evolutionary genetics to predict how genes and genomes evolve in the long-term. Audience: Undergraduate