BIO 255 - Make Sense Classical Genetics

Institution:

Westmoreland County Community College

Subject:

Biology

Description:

Classical genetics is the foundation on which all other genetics courses rest. It is concerned primarily with the ways that genetic traits are passed through generations in plants and animals. Traits may be dominant, recessive, intermediate, polygenic, sex-linked, or autosomal, and each will be explained in the course. Today, a prime reason for performing classical genetics is for gene discovery-the finding and assembling a set of genes that affects a biological property of interest. In addition, the inheritance of chromosomes, how they produce a functional protein, and how we can use DNA to manipulate these traits will be covered. Finally, the course of traits in entire poplulations will be analyzed, allowing students to predict the futures of endangered species, and perhaps even humans themselves.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westmoreland.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 925-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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