本课程讨论了在分子、细胞、多细胞生物水平以及包括人类在内的生物功能的遗传学原理与应用。主题包括:基因、染色体与基因组的结构和功能;来自于基因重组、突变和筛选的生物变异;群体遗传学;运用遗传学的方法分析蛋白质的功能,基因的调控和遗传性疾病。
This course discusses the principles of genetics with application to the study of biological function at the level of molecules, cells, and multicellular organisms, including humans. The topics include: structure and function of genes, chromosomes and genomes, biological variation resulting from recombination, mutation, and selection, population genetics, use of genetic methods to analyze protein function, gene regulation and inherited disease.