BIOL 2800 - Genetics

4 cr. 6 hr. Day course offered each semester.

Basic principles of biological information processing are examined including Mendelian inheritance, sex determination, chromosome cytogenetics, linkage, recombination and genetic mapping, mutagenesis, molecular genetics and gene-enzyme relationships, and quantitative inheritance. Laboratory work includes study of mutational effects and recombinational analysis in Drosophila, bacteria, and viruses.

Prerequisite(s): A grade of at least 1.7 in BIOL 1800 , or equivalent (2.0 for Biology majors)