About this Course
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution is a college-level class being supplied concurrently to new college students at Duke College. The course offers individuals a really fundamental overview of some rules behind these very elementary areas of biology. We regularly hear about new “genome sequences,” business kits that may let you know about your ancestry (together with pre-human) out of your DNA or illness predispositions, debates in regards to the reality of evolution, why animals behave the way in which they do, and the way individuals discovered “genetic proof for pure choice.” This course gives the essential biology it is advisable perceive all of those points higher, tries to make clear some misconceptions, and tries to organize college students for future, extra superior coursework in Biology (and particularly evolutionary genetics). No prior coursework is assumed.
SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN
- Biology
- Genetics
- Evolution
- Genomics
Syllabus – What you’ll be taught from this course
20 minutes to finish
Welcome to Genetics and Evolution
Normal introduction to this MOOC, together with protection and expectations.
2 hours to finish
Proof for Evolution
This module discusses the definition of the phrase “evolution” in a organic context, proof for the reality of evolution and customary ancestry of species, and public ideas and misconceptions about organic evolution. This module is elective and won’t be included within the course assessments. There are usually not class dialogue boards for this part, as we really feel such dialogue can occur on different, non-course-related, websites on this subject (of which there are an amazing many on the web).
2 hours to finish
Genetics I
An introduction to fundamental transmission genetics and inheritance. This module displays what is commonly lined in highschool biology programs within the USA.
3 hours to finish
Genetics II
This module delves considerably extra deeply into genetics and particularly the idea of “recombination.” It begins to debate how recombination is leveraged in basic genetic works in addition to mapping easy genetic traits utilizing crosses or knowledge from pure populations.
2 hours to finish
Genetics III
This module delves much more deeply into the complexities of the genetics underlying traits,the origin of genetic variation, and the way “complicated” traits (ones managed by a number of genes) are studied genetically.
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