Undergraduate Catalog

BIO 211 Genetics

This course provides an overview of modern genetics, including classical Mendelian genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, and population genetics. Laboratory activities will introduce students to basic statistical and computational techniques and tools, organisms used in genetics laboratories including E. coli and Drosophila melanogaster, and wet lab techniques including gel lectrophoresis, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and DNA fingerprinting using STR polymorphism analysis. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisites: BIO 107 and BIO 108 or permission of the instructor

Distribution

Bachelors, Undergraduate