ADVANCED GENETICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Genetics PhD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply advanced genetic and genomic thinking to scientific problems. Audience: Graduate 2. Define the differences between asexual and sexual inheritance and the associated situations in which each may be beneficial. Audience: Graduate 3. Articulate the impact of fundamental genetic processes, such as mutation and recombination, on genetic transmission, genetic variation, and organismal function. Audience: Graduate 4. Define key concepts regarding the structure of genomes and comparative genomics. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain the impact of evolutionary forces on genetic variation and transmission. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify modern methods for analyzing genetic variation and its connection to trait variation. Audience: Graduate 7. Read with clarity, critically evaluate, and discuss historical and modern primary scientific literature related to genetic variation and transmission. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply advanced genetic and genomic thinking to scientific problems. Audience: Graduate 2. Define the differences between asexual and sexual inheritance and the associated situations in which each may be beneficial. Audience: Graduate 3. Articulate the impact of fundamental genetic processes, such as mutation and recombination, on genetic transmission, genetic variation, and organismal function. Audience: Graduate 4. Define key concepts regarding the structure of genomes and comparative genomics. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain the impact of evolutionary forces on genetic variation and transmission. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify modern methods for analyzing genetic variation and its connection to trait variation. Audience: Graduate 7. Read with clarity, critically evaluate, and discuss historical and modern primary scientific literature related to genetic variation and transmission. Audience: Graduate