BI 318 - Introduction to Genetics

Course Description: A study of the principles of heredity and variation in both plants and animals including man. Modern theories of gene action are stressed. Suggested prerequisites: BI 106 or equivalent.

Credit Hours: 3:0:3

Learning Outcomes: Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Describe Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment.
• Describe how to set up and analyze monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.
• Utilize vocabulary unique to genetics.
• Describe epistasis.
• Describe gene structure, expression, and regulation.
• Describe how gene expression differs in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
• Describe how DNA damage occurs and is repaired.
• Describe basic techniques in molecular biology.
• Describe Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the factors that affect genetic equilibrium in populations.

Course Assessment: Exams, quizzes, paper, assignments, presentation.

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