Genetics Courses(GEN)

GEN 101. General study skills about genetics .The fundamentals.

GEN 371. Principles of Genetics. I, II, S. 4 Hr. PR: 8 hr. biological science. The fundamentals of inheritance.

GEN 575. Crop Breeding. II. 3 Hr. PR: GEN 371 or GEN 521. Methods and basic scientific principles involved in improvement of leading crops through hybridization, selection, and other techniques. (Offered in spring of even years.)

GEN 521. Basic Concepts of Modern Genetics. I. 3 HR. PR: 8 HR. Biological sciences and 1 year chemistry. Independent inheritance, linkage. Chemical nature of genetic material. Control of phenotype by genetic material. Gene action and coding of genetic material.

GEN 525. Human Genetics. II. 3 HR. PR: GEN 371 or GEN 521 or consent. Study of genetic system responsible for development of phenotype in man. (Offered in spring of odd years.

GEN 535. Population Genetics. II. 3 HR. PR: GEN 371 or GEN 521 or consent. Relationship of gene and genotype frequencies in populations of diploid organisms. And the effects of mutation, selection, assertive mating, and inbreeding in relation to single gene pairs. Application of these concepts to multigenic inheritance of quantitative traits. (Offered in fall of odd years.)

GEN 570. Medical Genetics. II. 2-4 HR. PR: Second-year medical student standing; graduate student in Genetics and Developmental Biology; others by consent. Introduction to clinical genetics including molecular, biochemical, and cytogenetic aspects of human biology. Application of genetic principles to human health and disease. (Also listed as CCMD 379, MED 370, PEDI 370.)

GEN 591. Advanced Topics. I, II, S. Variable 1-6 HR. PR: Consent. Investigation of advanced topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses.

GEN 724. Cytogenetics. II. 4 HR. PR: GEN 371 or GEN 521, and BIOL 215 or consent. Emphasis on macromolecules that carry information of the chromosomes, cell division, and the cytological and molecular basis of genetics. Special attention given to visible manifestation of genes, human cytogenetics, of genomes and chromosome morphology, and their evolution. (Offered in spring of odd years.)

GEN 726. Advanced Biochemical Genetics. II. 3 HR. PR: GEN 371 or GEN 521 and organic chemistry. Physiological and biophysical concepts of genetic material. Structure and arrangement of genetic units. Nucleic acids as carriers of genetic information. Gene action and amino acid coding. Biochemical evolution of genetic material. Genetic control mechanisms of mutation. (Offered in fall of even years.)

GEN 727. Genetic Mechanisms of Evolution. I. 3 HR. PR: GEN 371 or equivalent. Molecular genetic mechanisms which result in evolutionary change. Origin of life, origin and organization of genetic variability, differentiation of populations, isolation and speciation, role of hybridization and polyploidy, and origin of man. (Offered in fall of odd years.)

GEN 750. Seminar. I, II, 1 HR. per semester. Recent literature pertaining to biochemical, classical, human, molecular, and cytological genetics.