BIOLOGY202L
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Introduction to Biology: Genetics and Evolution
Subject
BIOLOGY
Catalog Number
202L
Title
Introduction to Biology: Genetics and Evolution
Course Description
Introduction to principles genetics and evolution. Explores common ancestry, patterns of inheritance, genetic diseases, forward genetics approaches to biology research, quantitative/complex traits, linkage and association mapping, population genetics, sources of variation at a genomic scale, causes of genomic evolution, conservation and selective constraint, chromosomal evolution, evolution of novel function, sexual selection, speciation, and macroevolutionary patterns. Relevance to conceptualizing evolution in an era of increasingly available genomic-scale data. Not open to students who have taken or are currently enrolled in Biology 203L.
Grading Basis
Graded
Course Typically Offered
Fall and/or Spring
Consent (Permission Number)
No Special Consent Required
Min Units
1
Max Units
1
Laboratory
Lecture
General Education Curriculum Codes
STS - (STS) Science, Technology, and Society, NW - (NW) Investigating Natural World: A&S Curriculum, NS - (NS) Natural Sciences